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Hebrew wordlink #7424

OSHB Gen 19:4 טֶרֶם (ţerem) Strongs=2962 Lemma=‘טֶרֶם’
contextual word gloss=‘Before’ possible word glosses=‘Before / not_yet’
Morphology=D PoS=adverb
TimeSeries=Sodom_Destroyed

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Other uses (12) of identical word form טֶרֶם (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘טֶרֶם’ (Morphology=D PoS=adverb) has 2 different glosses: ‘before’, ‘not_yet’.

GEN 2:5 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB GEN 2:5 word 4

OET-LV: 5 And_all/each/any/every (the)_bush[es]_of the_field not _yet it _was in/on _the_earth and_all (the)_vegetation _of the_field not _yet it _was _sprouting if/because not YHWH he _had _caused _rain god on the_earth/land and_human/ʼĀdām there_was_not to_work DOM the_soil. (GEN_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 there weren’t yet any bushes growing on the earth, and no plants had yet sprung up in the countryside, because Yahweh God had not yet made it rain, and nor were there any people yet to till the ground. (GEN 2:5)

GEN 2:5 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB GEN 2:5 word 10

GEN 24:15 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB GEN 24:15 word 3

OET-LV: 15 And_he/it _was he not _yet he _had _finished to_speak and_see/lo/see Riⱱqāh was_coming _out who she _had _been _born to_Bətū^ʼēl the _son _of Milkāh the _wife _of Nāḩōr the _brother _of ʼAⱱrāhām and_her _of_jar was_on shoulder _of_her. (GEN_24:15)

OET-RV: 15 Now before he’d even finished speaking, then wow, Rebekah arrived with her empty water jar on her shoulder. (She was Bethuel’s daughter—Bethuel being the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.) (GEN 24:15)

GEN 24:45 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB GEN 24:45 word 2

OET-LV: 45 I not _yet I _had _finished to_speak to heart _of_my and_see/lo/see Riⱱqāh was_coming _out and_her _of_jar was_on shoulder _of_her and_she _went _down to_the_spring and_she _drew _water and_I _said to_her/it give_me _a _drink please. (GEN_24:45)

OET-RV: 45 Before I’d finished speaking in my heart, then wow, Rebekah was coming out with her jar on her shoulder. And she went down to the well and drew water, and I asked her, ‘Can I have a drink.’ (GEN 24:45)

EXO 9:30 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB EXO 9:30 word 5

OET-LV: 30 And_you(ms) and_your(pl)_of_servants I _know if/because _that not _yet you(pl)_fear from_face/in _front _of YHWH god. (EXO_9:30)

OET-RV: 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you still don’t fear Yahweh God.” (EXO 9:30)

EXO 12:34 contextual word gloss=‘before’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB EXO 12:34 word 5

OET-LV: 34 And_it _carried _off the_people DOM dough _of_its before it _was _leavened troughs _of_their _kneading were_bound _up in_their _of_clothes on shoulder _of_their. (EXO_12:34)

OET-RV: 34 So the people carried their bread dough before it could rise. Their bread-making bowls were wrapped in their clothes on their shoulders. (EXO 12:34)

NUM 11:33 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB NUM 11:33 word 5

OET-LV: 33 The_meat still_it was_between teeth _of_their not _yet it _was _chewed and_the _anger _of YHWH it _burnt on_people and_he _struck YHWH (on)_people a _plague great very. (NUM_11:33)

OET-RV: 33 Then when they started to cook and eat some of the fresh meat, Yahweh got very angry and struck the people with a terrible plague before they could even chew it. (NUM 11:33)

JOS 2:8 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB JOS 2:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 And_they not _yet they_had _lain _down and_she she _went _up to_them on the_roof. (JOS_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Before the Israeli men lay down to sleep that night, Rahab went up them on the roof (JOS 2:8)

JOS 3:1 contextual word gloss=‘before’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB JOS 3:1 word 15

OET-LV: 3 and_ Yəhōshūˊa _he _rose _early in_morning and_they _set _out from_(the)_Shiţţīm and_they _came to the_Yardēn/(Jordan) he and_all the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _stayed there before they _passed _over. (JOS_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 Early the next morning, Yehoshua and the people got up early and set off from Acacia Grove and went as far as the Yordan River and camped there without crossing over. (JOS 3:1)

1 SAM 3:3 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB 1 SAM 3:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 And_the _lamp _of god not _yet it _was _extinguished and_Shəmū^ʼēl was_lying in_(the)_palace of_YHWH where was_there the _box _of god. (SA1_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 and Shemuel was lying down in Yahweh’s tent (where the box was that contained the stone slabs), but God’s lamp was still burning. (SA1 3:3)

1 SAM 3:7 contextual word gloss=‘not_yet’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB 1 SAM 3:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 And_Shəmū^ʼēl not _yet he _knew DOM YHWH and_not _yet it _was _revealed to_him/it the _message _of YHWH. (SA1_3:7)

OET-RV: 7 (At this point, Shemuel didn’t really know Yahweh, because Yahweh hadn’t revealed himself to him before.) (SA1 3:7)

PSA 119:67 contextual word gloss=‘before’ possible word glosses=‘before / not_yet’ OSHB PSA 119:67 word 1

OET-LV: 67 Before I _was _afflicted I was_going _astray and_now message _of_your I _keep. (PSA_119:67)

OET-RV: 67 Before my troubles came, I went astray,
⇔ but now I observe your promises. (PSA 119:67)