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Rashi on Exodus 9:30/רש"י על שמות ט׳:ל׳
אטרם תיראון. עֲדַיִן לֹא תִירְאוּן; וְכֵן כָּל טֶרֶם שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא "עֲדַיִן לֹא" הוּא, וְאֵינוֹ לְשׁוֹן קֹדֶם, "טֶרֶם יִשְׁכָּבוּ" (בראשית י"ט) – עַד לָא שְׁכִיבוּ, "טֶרֶם יִצְמָח" (שם ב') – עַד לָא צְמַח. אַף זֶה כֵן הוּא – יָדַעְתִּי כִּי עֲדַיִן אֵינְכֶם יְרֵאִים, וּמִשֶּׁתִּהְיֶה הָרְוָחָה תַעַמְדוּ בְּקִלְקוּלְכֶם:
1טרם תראון means YE DO NOT YET FEAR. Wherever occurs in Scripture it signifies ״not yet”, and does not mean “before”. For example: (Genesis 19:4) טרם ישכבו, which the Targum renders by “whilst yet they had not lain down”; (Genesis 2:5) טרם יצמח which the Targum renders by “not yet sprung forth”. This, too, has the same meaning: I know that ye do not yet fear the Lord, and that as soon as there will be respite you will continue in your moral corruption.