תְּמוֹלtᵉmôwl
yesterday, figurative recently, formerly, but usually figurative = recently or formerly
Pronunciation: tem-ole' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8543
Meanings
1. yesterday (=only lately) (2 Samuel 15:20; Job 8:9; Psalms 90:4)
2. usually in combination with שִׁלְשֹׁם yesterday (and) the third day, to express the idea of formerly
a. adverb accusative (a), (b) (1 Samuel 20:27; Exodus 5:14; Exodus 5:8)
b. as formerly, as yesterday (Genesis 31:2; Genesis 31:5; Exodus 5:7)
c. (form) aforetime (Exodus 21:29; Exodus 21:36; Joshua 3:6)
3. from yesterday = already (Isaiah 30:33; Micah 2:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:2 And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him.
- Genesis 31:5 He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
- Exodus 4:10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
- Exodus 5:7 “Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!
- Exodus 5:8 But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy. That’s why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.’
- Exodus 5:14 Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven’t you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).