world to come

Meaning

  1. The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds
  2. Any of various other afterlives in different theologies and mythologies.

Translations

kommende Zeit

späteren Tage

Etymology

Translation of Hebrew הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (ha'olám habá, literally “the coming world”).

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