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title: טֶרֶם — not yet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֶרֶם (2962), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 56 times: not yet. BDB 1906: adv. of time not yet, ere, before that. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֶרֶם

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«טֶרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **not yet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 56 times · **Key:** 2962 · **BDB:** טֶ֫רֶם

### Glosses

(36); not.yet (10); before (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

not yet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2962/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. of time not yet, ere, before that [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2962/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** once (Ru 3:14 Kt) טְרוֹם, adv. of time, not yet, ere, before that (deriv. unknown: not found in cogn. languages)—construed mostly with the impf. (with the pf. only Gn 24:15 (v 45 impf.), 1 S 3:7a (v b impf.), and בְּטֶרֶם ψ 90:2 Pr 8:25):— †טֶרֶם in an independent sentence, not yet, Gn 2:5 and all the plants of the field טרם יהיה בארץ were not yet in the earth, etc., 19:4 טרם ישׁכבו not yet had they lain down, when etc., 24:15, 45 Nu 11:33 Jos 2:8 1 S 3:3, 7(×2); of present time, Ex 9:30; 10:7 הֲטֶרֶם תֵּדַע dost thou not yet know, etc.?; in a subord. clause, ere, before that, Ex 12:34 they took their dough טרם יחמץ before it was leavened, Jos 3:1 ψ 119:67; of future time Is 65:24. More frequently בְּטֶרֶם39, with the same force: of past time, Gn 27:33 I ate of all בטרם תבא before thou camest, 37:18; 41:50 Ju 14:18 1 S 2:15 Je 1:5; 47:1 Ez 16:57; ψ 90:2 Pr 8:25 (both with pf.); more often of pres. or fut., as Gn 27:4 בטרם אמות before I die (so 45:28, cf. ψ 39:14 Jb 10:21), Lv 14:36 Dt 31:21 1 S 9:13 2 K 2:9 Is 7:16; 42:9; 48:5 Je 13:16; the impf. with a freq. force, Ex 1:19 before the midwife cometh, they are wont to bear, Ru 3:14 Pr 18:13. Pleon. בְּטֶרֶם לֹא Zp 2:2(×2). Construed with a subst. in the gen., †Is 17:14 בְּטֶרֶם בֹּקֶר = ere morning, 28:4 בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ; with an inf. †Zp 2:2a (but read here with 𝔊 We בְּטֶרֶם לֹא תִהְיוּן כְּמוֹץ עֹבֵר, without יוֹם, ‘before ye become as chaff passing away’). †מִטֶּרֶם Hg 2:15 (sq. inf.) מִטֶּרֶם שׂוּם אֶבֶן from before the laying of one stone upon another, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 43 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֶרֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2962/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.25/)

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בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הָטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* before mountains they.were.planted before \[the\].hills I.was.brought.forth

*JPS 1917:* Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;

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[Psalms 119:67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.67/)

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טֶ֣רֶם אֶ֭עֱנֶה אֲנִ֣י שֹׁגֵ֑ג וְ֝עַתָּ֗ה אִמְרָתְךָ֥ שָׁמָֽרְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* before I.was.afflicted I \[was\].going.astray and now word your I.keep

*JPS 1917:* Before I was afflicted, I did err; but now I observe Thy word.

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