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Genesis 3:22

And Yahweh elohim is saying, `Behold, the Red-one has become as one from himself,146 to perceive good one and ruined-one. And now, a corner,146b he is sending forth his hand, and he has taken hold also of the Woods of the Living-ones, and he has eaten, and he has lived to the concealed-one.`147

Footnote:

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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"