טֶרֶם עֵת, בְּטֶרֶם עֵת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Before its time; prematurely

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Before the proper time. Too early. Earlier than the expected or appropriate time; before the time has come.

("Because of a senseless man who will go astray, they will die before their time" — Ibn Ezra on Proverbs 1:21; and likewise: "The cyclamen's azana / will not droop before its time, / and will not droop when the time comes" — Rachel, "In the City"; and likewise: "We were counted among the seventy tables, and if we have ripened before our time / we will say that it is good, and from blows and weeping we have prevailed" — Nathan Yonatan, "From the Summer Songs")