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תְּמוֹל

tᵉmôwl · H8543 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. yesterday

    Reference to the day before the current day; sometimes used to refer to a point of time in the recent past as if it happened the day before

    Examples

    Exodus 5:14 Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”

    1 Samuel 20:27 But it came about the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David’s place was empty again; so Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”

    2 Samuel 15:20 “You came only yesterday, so should I make you wander with us today, while I go wherever I go? Return and take your brothers back; mercy and truth be with you.”

  2. Reference to times in the past when a certain activity used to take place repeatedly ((what used to be done) before, in the past)

    Examples

    Genesis 31:2 And Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as it had been before.

    Genesis 31:5 and said to them, “I see your father’s attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

    Exodus 4:10 Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words
אֶמֶשׁ ʼemesh · H570 · twilight, evening, last night
Both lexemes are temporal adverbs referring to "yesterday" or "former/past time" with clear semantic overlap suitable for substitution in context. They are distinct Hebrew words (אֶמֶשׁ vs. תְּמוֹל) functioning as near-synonyms in the same language.
קַדְמָה qadmâh · H6927 · ancient time, long ago, previously
Both lexemes are temporal adverbs or nouns referring to past time, with overlapping senses — both can denote "former time" or "previously" — making them near-synonyms, two distinct Hebrew words that can substitute for each other in expressing past temporal reference.
שִׁלְשׁוֹם shilshôwm · H8032 · (what used to be done) before, in the past
Both lexemes denote past-time reference — "heretofore," "time past," "yesterday," "before that time" — with genuinely overlapping senses, both conveying "previously, in the past," making them near-synonyms as two distinct Hebrew words for similar temporal-backward reference.
In the other Testament 1 word
χθές chthés · G5504 · yesterday, always, eternally
Greek χθές directly translates Hebrew תְּמוֹל in temporal expressions denoting 'yesterday' and extended past-time references ('formerly', 'previously'), representing the standard cross-linguistic equivalent for this temporal adverbial concept in LXX and NT alignment data.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Temporal Referents003002006
This adverb denotes the recent past, as in Genesis 31:2's observation that Laban's attitude toward Jacob was no longer as it had been before.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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