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Genesis 3:22

וַ יֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶלֹהִים הֵן הָ אָדָם הָיָה כְּ אַחַד מִמֶּנּוּ לָ דַעַת טֹוב וָ רָע וְ עַתָּה פֶּן יִשְׁלַח יָדֹו וְ לָקַח גַּם מֵ עֵץ הַ חַיִּים וְ אָכַל וָ חַי לְ עֹלָם
And Yahweh elohim is saying, `Behold, the Red-one has become as one from ourselves,146 to perceive good one and ruined-one. And now, a corner,146b he is sending forth his hand, and he has taken also of the Woods of the Living-ones, and he has eaten, and he has lived to the concealed-one.`147
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Strong’s #5769, olam. This means properly concealed or hidden. From the root alam (#5956) to conceal. The “past” wouldn’t fit the idea of hidden or concealed, but the “future” or horizon beyond is. This is not the same as Strong’s #5703, ad, which means perpetuity. Elohim is the Rock of Olamim (Eternal ones), Isaiah 26:4. The Kingdom is a kingdom of kal-Olamim (the whole of the Eternal ones), Psalm 145:13. From olam to olam, you are elohim, Psalm 90:2.

 

 

Eternity or everlasting have been interpreted as abstract concepts. But what if the eternal was as concrete as a circle, or wheel, is concrete?

There is another element to consider. Olam is a Hebrew word that appears around 15 or 16 times with a definite article, i.e. The Olam. It also often appears with the preposition "to" לְעֹלָֽם "to Olam". If there is no definiteness to "eternity" or "everlasting" then there is quite a contradiction in the idea of "the Eternity" or "the Everlasting"