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world to come

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.

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

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    • derivedHebrewהָעוֹלָם הַבָּא

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