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title: אֶתְמוֹל — yesterday · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶתְמוֹל (865), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: yesterday. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶתְמוֹל

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«אֶתְמוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **yesterday** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 865 · **BDB:** אֶתְמוֹל

### Glosses

yesterday (7); of.yesterday (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

yesterday [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/865/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. sub תמל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶתְמוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/865/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 90:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.4/)

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כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּי֣וֹם אֶ֭תְמוֹל כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.thousand years in eyes your \[are\].like a.day of.yesterday (dm) it.passes and a.watch in the night

*JPS 1917:* For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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[Micah 2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.2.8/)

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וְאֶתְמ֗וּל עַמִּי֙ לְאוֹיֵ֣ב יְקוֹמֵ֔ם מִמּ֣וּל שַׂלְמָ֔ה אֶ֖דֶר תַּפְשִׁט֑וּן מֵעֹבְרִ֣ים בֶּ֔טַח שׁוּבֵ֖י מִלְחָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and yesterday people my to an.enemy he.raises.up from in.front.of a.garment a.mantle you strip.off from \[those.who\].pass.by security \[those.who\].turn.back of.war

*JPS 1917:* But of late My people is risen up as an enemy; with the garment ye strip also the mantle from them that pass by securely, so that they are as men returning from war.

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