Bible Encyclopedias
Alam

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(the shadow, or the image), in Babylonian astronomy, was the name of the deity Marduk as the planet Mercury in the month Chislev.

in Hindui mythology. Around about the mountain Mern there are four other mountains, on each of which grows a beautiful tree called Alam, always blooming and bearing fruit.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alam'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/alam.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.