As I have already observed the word OLAM ( עולם ) is of the root (LM ( עלם ), which certainly can not mean 'hidden, secrete, conceal'. To wit: this is also the root of ELEM and ALMAH ( עלם, עלמה ), 'young adults', which are not hidden, and have nothing to hide.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:44 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

Applying the rabbi's rule to the phrase at hand: i read it to mean: "until
concealed" or "until hidden," no more .. and no less ....

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