He preceded his time
He invented the invention or expressed an idea in an advanced historical epoch in which his contemporaries were unable to understand or accept it, but it was received more in later generations.
(Modern Hebrew)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִקְדִּים אֶת זְמַנּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִמְצִיא הַמְצָאָה אוֹ הִשְׁמִיעַ רַעְיוֹן בִּתְקוּפָה הִסְטוֹרִית מֻקְדֶּמֶת שֶׁבָּהּ בְּנֵי דּוֹרוֹ לֹא הָיוּ מְסֻגָּלִים לְהָבִין אוֹ לְקַבֵּל, אַךְ קִבְּלוּ בַּדּוֹרוֹת הַמְּאֻחָרִים יוֹתֵר.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)