Strong's Lexicon: H8543 תְּמוֹל תְּמוֹל

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8543
Word:	תְּמוֹל תְּמוֹל
Part of Speech:	adverb
Etymology:	probably for H865
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	23
Transliteration:	tmowl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tem-ole' (or tmol {tem-ole'}) adv.
Meaning:	1. (properly) ago, i.e. a (short or long) time since 2. especially yesterday, or (with H8032) day before yesterday
KJV Renderings:	+ before (-time), + these (three) days, + heretofore, + time past, yesterday.

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תְּמוֺל, (תּמֹלׅ₂₃, אֶתְמוֺל₅, אֹתְּמוֺל 1Sam 10:11, אֶתְּמוֺל Isa 30:33; Mic 2:8 (see infinitive), substantive, used sometimes as adverb accusative, yesterday, figurative recently, formerly (Aramaic אִתְּמָלֵי, תְּמָלֵי, sometimes אִתְּמוֺל, [untranscribed source text 5834], [untranscribed source text 5835], [untranscribed source text 5836] Mandean עתמאל Nö^{M 202}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5837] Assyrian timâli, itimâli, ina timâli (Dl^{158, 721}); derivation dubious; according to Mei^{Gr. Syr. 118} Kö^{ii. 264 f.} from Arabic [untranscribed source text 5838] II. prolongavit, IV. longam vitam concessit, [untranscribed source text 5839] tempus, [untranscribed source text 5840] the two times, i.e. night and day, in form an infinitive of VI. [untranscribed source text 5841]; hence properly long time, (past) time, specialized to yesterday); — yesterday, but usually figurative = recently or formerly:

1. 2Sam 15:20 תְּמוֺל בּוֺאֲךָ yesterday (=only lately) was thy coming, Job 8:9 תמול אנחנו (of) yesterday (Ges^{«GKC:141d»§ 141d}) are we, Ps 90:4 (genitive) בְּיוֺם אֶתְמוֺל.

2. usually in combination with שִׁלְשֹׁם yesterday (and) the third day, to express the idea of formerly: thus

a. as adverb accusative (a) גַּם תְּמוֺל גַּם הַיּוֺם 1Sam 20:27 (literal), compare Exod 5:14 (sub b); (b) תְּמוֺל שִׁלְשֹׁם Exod 5:8Ruth Exod 2:11, so ׳ אֶתְמ ׳ שׁ 1Sam 4:7 (c) ׳ גַּם שׁ ׳ גַּם ת 2Sam 3:17; 1Chr 11:2 (|| 2Sam 5:2 with ׳ אֶתְמ).

b. בִּתְמוֺל שִׁלְשֹׁם as formerly Gen 31:2; Gen 31:5; Exod 5:7; Josh 4:18; 1Sam 21:6 (but Bu ׳ מִתְּ, as c), 2Kgs 13:5 ׳ שׁ ׳ כְּאֶתְמ 1Sam 14:21; 1Sam 19:7; Exod 5:14 ׳ שׁ ׳ כִּת גַּם תְּמוֺל גַּם הַיּוֺם as yesterday (and) the third day (= as formerly), both yesterday and to-day (=so more recently).

c. ׳ מִתְּמוֺל שׁ = (form) aforetime, Exod 21:29; Exod 21:36; Josh 3:6, ׳ שׁ ׳ וְהוּא לֹא שׂנֵא לוֺ מִתְּ Deut 4:42; Deut 19:4; Deut 19:6; Josh 20:5 so ׳ מֵאִתְּמוֺל שׁ 1Sam 10:11 גַּס ׳ גַּס מִשּׁ ׳ מִתְּ Exod 4:10.

3. מֵאֶתְמוּל (alone) Isa 30:33 from yesterday = already; וְאֶתְּמוּל עַמִּי Mic 2:8 corrupt, read וְאַתֶּם לְעַמִּי (WRS, with יָקוּם; עַל עַמִּי We Now, with תָּקוּמוּ), and see שֵׂלְמָה .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מולת (moo-l)

Exodus 4:96

EHCC: A bloody husband (thou art), because of

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