אֲתַר · עָלְמָא
ORIGINALZOH-011
Zoharic Aramaic · Space, Levels, and Structure
אֲתַר and עָלְמָא
ZOH-011Zoharic AramaicMedieval Zoharic literary Aramaic
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אֲתַר · עָלְמָא
Pedagogical transliterationatar · alma
Plain meaningplace · world/realm
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אֲתַר and עָלְמָא
אתר names a place or locus; עלמא names a world, realm, or age according to context. These nouns occur constantly in Zoharic spatial and cosmological language. Their presence does not automatically tell you which Kabbalistic world is meant; that comes from the surrounding terminology.
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atar · alma
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place · world/realm
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