1)

What is the meaning of "Terem"?

1.

Rashi: Every Terem in Tanach means 'not yet.' (Shmuel did not yet recognize the voice of prophecy.) It does not mean 'before.' 1


1

Rashi: Our verse proves this, and also from "Terem Tira'un" (Shemos 9:30) and "Kol Si'ach ha'Sadeh Terem Yihyeh ba'Aretz" (Bereishis 2:5).

2)

Why does it say both "v'Terem Yigaleh Elav" and "Terem Yada Es Hashem"?

1.

Radak #1: Both mean that he had not yet had prophecy from Hashem; this is why he did not understand that Hashem was calling him. The matter is repeated.

2.

Radak #2: Terem Yada means that he had not yet learned Divine Chachmah, even though he learned other Chachmos. Had he learned Divine Chachmah, he would have known that it was a voice of prophecy. 1

3.

Malbim: He had not yet learned how Hashem gives prophecy, and he had not yet experienced prophecy.


1

Radak says that Targum Yonasan holds like this ('he had not learned to know fear of Hashem'); our text of Yonason is different. (PF)

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