te.rem marks a time or action as preceding another event, often indicating that something has not yet happened.

The adverb marks temporal precedence: an action, condition, or disclosure stands earlier than a subsequent event. In negative clauses it can frame a condition as not yet realized, while in instructions, predictions, and narrative it sets a deadline or sequence before another action occurs.

1. Earlier than a stated event or condition · dominant

   The adverb sets one time or action before another: in Genesis 24:15 the APB renders Rebekah's arrival before the speaker had finished, and in Leviticus 14:36 it places emptying the house before the priest enters. In Genesis 2:5, its repeated use frames the field's lack of vegetation and rain as conditions not yet present; Isaiah 65:24 similarly presents an answer before a call.

   Genesis 24:15Leviticus 14:36Genesis 2:5Isaiah 65:241 Samuel 2:15Jeremiah 1:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly presents the temporal relation with “before,” and in negative contexts with “yet” or “not yet.” These renderings show the clauses' temporal sequence rather than a fixed English equivalent for each token.