The meaning of “תְּמוֹל”
Understanding tᵉmôwl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or תְּמֹל tᵉmôl (tem-ole'); probably for אֶתְמוֹל; sometimes with שִׁלְשׁוֹם [phrase] before (-time), [phrase] these (th...
תְּמוֹל
or תְּמֹל tᵉmôl (tem-ole'); probably for אֶתְמוֹל; sometimes with שִׁלְשׁוֹם [phrase] before (-time), [phrase] these (three) days, [phrase] heretofore, [phrase] time past, yesterday. - properly, ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since - especially yesterday, or day before yesterday 1) before, before that time, beforetime, heretofore, of late, of old, these days, time(s) past, yesterday, day before yesterday, recently, formerly 1a) yesterday 1a1) recently, formerly (usual usage) (fig) 1b) as formerly, so more recently 1c) from yesterday, already
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:5 | “And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.” Word: תְּמוֹל (tᵉmôwl) | |
| Exodus 21:29 | “But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.” Word: תְּמוֹל (tᵉmôwl) | |
| Deuteronomy 19:4 | “And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;” Word: תְּמוֹל (tᵉmôwl) | |
| Joshua 4:18 | “And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.” Word: תְּמוֹל (tᵉmôwl) | |
| Ruth 2:11 | “And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.” Word: תְּמוֹל (tᵉmôwl) |
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