STRONGS NUMBER H865

H865. ethmowl

(תּמֹלׅ תְּמוֺל,‎₂₃, אֶתְמוֺל‎₅, אֹתְּמוֺל‎ 1 Samuel 10:11, אֶתְּמוֺל‎ Isaiah 30:33; Micah 2:8 (see infinitive),

substantive, used sometimes as

adverb accusative, yesterday, figurative recently, formerly (Aramaic תְּמָלֵי אִתְּמָלֵי,‎, sometimes אִתְּמוֺל‎, , , Mandean עתמאל‎ Nö^{M 202}; Ethiopic Assyrian timâli, itimâli, ina timâli (Dl^{158, 721}); derivation dubious; according to Mei^{Gr. Syr. 118} Kö^{ii. 264 f.} from Arabic II. prolongavit, IV. longam vitam concessit, tempus, the two times, i.e. night and day, in form an infinitive of VI. ; hence properly long time, (past) time, specialized to yesterday); — yesterday, but usually figurative= recently or formerly:

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

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

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

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

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

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