Lexical Summary terom: before Original Word: טְרוֹםTransliteration: terom Phonetic Spelling: (ter-ome') Part of Speech: Conjunction Short Definition: before Meaning: not yet Strong's Concordance before A variation of terem; not yet -- before. see HEBREW terem Brown-Driver-Briggs H2958. terom טֶ֫רֶם54, once (Ruth 3:14 Kt) טְרוֺם, adverb of time, not yet, ere, before that (derivation unknown: not found in cognate languages) — construed mostly with the imperfect (with the perfect only Genesis 24:15 (24:45 imperfect), 1 Samuel 3:7 a (v:b imperfect), and בְּטֶרֶם Psalm 90:2; Proverbs 8:25): — 1 טֶרֶם in an independent sentence, not yet, Genesis 2:5 and all the plants of the field בארץ יהיה טרם were not yet in the earth, etc., 19:4 ישׁכבו טרם not yet had they lain down, when etc., 24:15, 45; Numbers 11:33; Joshua 2:8; 1 Samuel 3:3, 7 (twice in verse); of present time, Exodus 9:30; 10:7 תֵּדַע הֲטֶרֶם dost thou not yet know, etc.?; in a subordinate clause, ere, before that, 12:34 they took their dough יחמץ טרם before it was leavened, Joshua 3:1; Psalm 119:67; of future time Isaiah 65:24. More frequently 2 בְּטֶרֶם39, with the same force: of past time, Genesis 27:33 I ate of all תבא בטרם before thou camest, 37:18; 41:50; Judges 14:18; 1 Samuel 2:15; Jeremiah 1:5; 47:1; Ezekiel 16:57; Psalm 90:2; Proverbs 8:25 (both with perfect); more often of present or future, as Genesis 27:4 אמות בטרם before I die (so 45:28, compare Psalm 39:14; Job 10:21), Leviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 31:21; 1 Samuel 9:13; 2 Kings 2:9; Isaiah 7:16; 42:9; 48:5; Jeremiah 13:16; the imperfect with a frequently force, Exodus 1:19 before the midwife cometh, they are wont to bear, Ruth 3:14; Proverbs 18:13. Pleon. לֹא בְּטֶרֶם Zephaniah 2:2 (twice in verse). Construed with a substantive in the Genitive, Isaiah 17:14 בֹּקֶר בְּטֶרֶם = ere morning, 28:4 קַיִץ בְּטֶרֶם; with an infinitive Zephaniah 2:2a (but read here with ᵐ5 We עֹבֵר כְּמוֺץ תֵהְיוּן לאֹ בְּטֶרֶם, without יוֺם, 'before ye become as chaff passing away'). 3 מִטֶּרֶם Haggai 2:15 (followed by infinitive) אֶבֶן שׂוּם מִטֶּרֶם from before the laying of one stone upon another, etc. |
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