אולם

Conjunction

 * 1) But.
 * 2) * Levi Eshkol:
 * אינני יודע אם אהיה שר חקלאות טוב, אולם דבר אחד אני יכול להבטיח – אצלי גשמים ירדו כסידרם.
 * einéni yodéa im ehyé sar-khakla'út tóv, ulám davár ekhád aní yakhól l'havtíakh – ets'lí g'shamím yer'dú k'sid'rám.
 * I don't know if I will be a good agriculture minister, but one thing I can promise is that on my land, rain will fall regularly.

Noun

 * 1) A hall: a large room, an arena, a salon.

Usage notes

 * In addition to the plural forms given above, the regular forms,  are attested as well. They are not nearly as common, however.