Before his time
Before the proper time; earlier than the appropriate or expected moment.
("When the righteous is gathered before his time, it is good for him, as he said from evil, and yet because at his death he will come to a good rest and will come in peace, because before evil he will die in peace" - Radak Isaiah 2:2, and so: "How are the six hours gathered to their hours before their time/ and before my time, weeping bitterly for all the hours that have passed from "The World" - Yehuda Amichai/ The Sealing of Pain and the Blurring of Happiness)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טֶרֶם זְמַנּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
לִפְנֵי הַזְּמַן שֶׁלּוֹ. מֻוקְדָּם מִדַּי מֵהַמּוֹעֵד הָרָאוּי עֲבוּרוֹ.
("כְּשֶׁנֶּאֱסַף הַצַּדִּיק טֶרֶם זְמַנּוֹ לְטוֹבָתוֹ הוּא, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָה, וְעוֹד כִּי בְּמוֹתוֹ יָבֹא לִמְנוּחָה טוֹבָה וְיָבֹא בְּשָׁלוֹם, כִּי טֶרֶם הָרָעָה יָמוּת בְּשָׁלוֹם"- רָדָ"ק יְשַׁעְיָהוּ נז ב, וְכֵן:"אֵיךְ נֶאֶסְפוּ שָׁעוֹת שֵׁשׁ אֶל שְׁעוֹתֵיהֶן בְּטֶרֶם זְמַנָּן/ וּבְטֶרֶם זְמַנִּי, בְּכִי תַּמְרוּרִים לְכָל הַשָּׁעוֹת שֶׁעָבְרוּ מִן הָעוֹלָם"- יְהוּדָה עַמִּיחַי/ דִּיּוּק הַכְּאֵב וְטִשְׁטוּשׁ הָאֹשֶׁר)