te.rom marks the time before another person could recognize the woman at the threshing floor.

In Ruth 3:14, te.rom marks the point before one person could recognize another, locating the woman’s departure prior to daylight recognition.

1. Prior to recognition · dominant

   In Ruth 3:14, the adverb occurs with the woman’s rising at the threshing floor before one person could recognize another. The APB renders the clause, “but she arose before one person could recognize another.”

   Ruth 3:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ruth 3:14, the APB presents the temporal relation with “before” in the clause about rising before recognition.