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VERSE: Gn02-05a

RASHIS COVERED: Gn02-05a Ex09-30a Ex12-34a Nu11-33a

============ THE HEBREW WORD TEREM means NOT YET ================

BACKGROUND
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The concepts
-- NOT YET
-- BEFORE
-- MAKING PRIOR
are related.

THE TEXT
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Ex09-30 Moses tells Pharoh: I will remove this plague of
        hailstones but I know that you do NOT YET believe in God

THE RASHI
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Rashi points out that the following translations are
inappropriate for the above verse:
-- I know this is BEFORE you beieve in God (The implication
   being that Pharoh would one day believe in God--this
   never happened)

-- Belief in God must COME BEFORE God removes the plague
   (This implies that if Pharoh would not believe in God
    the plague would not be removed: In fact the plague was
    removed even though Pharoh hardened his heart)

THE LIST
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We present 4 Verses where Rashi translated TEREM as NOT YET.
Interestingly there are only a few dozen occurences of TEREM
in the whole Bible.
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE
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Gn02-05a Grass was NOT YET sprouting
Ex09-30a You do NOT YET believe in God
Ex12-34a They carried their dough while it had NOT YET leavened
Nu11-33a They died while the meat had NOT YET been chewed

NOTES
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*1 Rashi explores 3 possibilities of meaning of Ex09-30a
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   - BEFORE you believe in GOd              Implies he-ll believe
   - You must believe BEFORE plague removed Implies he-ll believe
   - You still DO NOT BELIEVE in God
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  Only the last interpretation is consisent with the fact that
  Pharoh never believed in God
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