te.mol marks a prior day or earlier time, often contrasting a former situation with the present.

The adverb marks a point or condition earlier than the time under discussion, most often in comparisons of the present with a prior day or period; the same temporal reference can describe earlier conduct, a former condition, or lack of prior experience.

1. A prior day or earlier period · dominant

   The supplied forms are tagged Adverb and set present circumstances against an earlier time. In Exodus 21:29 the APB renders an ox's prior goring behavior as occurring “from yesterday and the day before,” while Deuteronomy 19:4 places the absence of hatred in an earlier period; Genesis 31:2 compares Laban's present attitude with how it was earlier, and Joshua 3:4 describes a way not previously traveled.

   Exodus 21:29Deuteronomy 19:4Genesis 31:2Joshua 3:41 Samuel 20:27Job 8:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the temporal relation with “yesterday,” especially in paired expressions such as “yesterday and the day before.” Elsewhere it presents the surrounding clauses with terms such as “previously,” “before,” or “former times”; These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed equivalents.