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Ezekiel 16:57
“Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2962 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before
- Derivation
- from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend;
- KJV renderings
- before, ere, not yet.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- טֶרֶם֮ — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:5Genesis 19:4Genesis 24:15Genesis 24:45
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read טֶרֶם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.