Lexical Definition

‎טְרוֹם‎ ṭᵉrôwm (ter-ome') before ^H:Adv
a variation of ‎טֶרֶם‎

before.

• not yet

1) before, not yet, before that, ere (of time)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 Gen 24:15 (Gen 24:45 imperfect), 1Sam 3:7 a (v:b imperfect), and ‎בְּטֶרֶם‎ Ps 90:2; Prov 8:25): —

1. ‎טֶרֶם‎ in an independent sentence, not yet, Gen 2:5 and all the plants of the field ‎טרם יהיה בארץ‎ were not yet in the earth, etc., Gen 19:4 ‎טרם ישׁכבו‎ not yet had they lain down, when etc., Gen 24:15; Gen 24:45; Num 11:33; Josh 2:8; 1Sam 3:3; 1Sam 3:7 (twice in verse); of present time, Exod 9:30; Exod 10:7 ‎הֲטֶרֶם תֵּדַע‎ dost thou not yet know, etc.?; in a subordinate clause, ere, before that, Exod 12:34 they took their dough ‎טרם יחמץ‎ before it was leavened, Josh 3:1; Ps 119:67 of future time Isa 65:24. More frequently

2. ‎בְּטֶרֶם‎₃₉, with the same force: of past time, Gen 27:33 I ate of all ‎בטרם תבא‎ before thou camest, Gen 37:18; Gen 41:50; Judg 14:18; 1Sam 2:15; Jer 1:5; Jer 47:1; Ezek 16:57; Ps 90:2; Prov 8:25 (both with perfect); more often of present or future, as Gen 27:4 ‎בטרם אמות‎ before I die (so Gen 45:28, compare Ps 39:14*; Job 10:21), Lev 14:36; Deut 31:21; 1Sam 9:13; 2Kgs 2:9; Isa 7:16; Isa 42:9; Isa 48:5; Jer 13:16 the imperfect with a frequently force, Exod 1:19 before the midwife cometh, they are wont to bear, Ruth 3:14; Prov 18:13. Pleon. ‎בְּטֶרֶם לֹא‎ Zeph 2:2 (twice in verse). Construed with a substantive in the genitive, Isa 17:14 ‎בְּטֶרֶם בֹּקֶר‎ = ere morning, Isa 28:4 ‎בְּטֶרֶם קַיִץ‎; with an infinitive Zeph 2:2a (but read here with ᵐ5 We ‎בְּטֶרֶם לאֹ‎ ‎תֵהְיוּן כְּמוֺץ עֹבֵר‎, without ‎יוֺם‎, 'before ye become as chaff passing away').

3. ‎מִטֶּרֶם‎ Hag 2:15 (followed by infinitive) ‎מִטֶּרֶם שׂוּם אֶבֶן‎ from before the laying of one stone upon another, etc.

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