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Genesis 19:4
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
טֶרֶםṭerem · teh'-rem
H2962 · Hebrew
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
- טֶרֶם֮ — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:5Genesis 24:15Genesis 24:45Genesis 27:4
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.