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Webster 1913 Edition

Targum

Tar′gum

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Noun.
;
pl.
Targums
(#)
. Heb.
Targumim
(#)
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[Chald.
targūm
interpretation, fr.
targēm
to interpret. Cf.
Truchman
, and
Dragoman
.]
A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Webster 1828 Edition

Targum

T`ARGUM

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Noun.
A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or dialect. Of these the Targum of Jonathan, and that of Onkelos, are held in most esteem by the Jews.

Definition 2024

Targum

Targum

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English

Noun

Targum ‎(plural Targumim)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of targum

Spanish

Proper noun

Targum m

  1. targum

targum

targum

See also: Targum

English

Noun

targum ‎(plural targums or targumim)

  1. (Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.10:
      Jonathan who compiled the Thargum, conceives the colours of these banners to answer the pretious stones in the breastplate, and upon which the names of the Tribes were engraven.
    • 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin 2012, p. 141:
      Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism.

Etymology

From Hebrew תַּרְגּוּם ‎(“translation”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɡəm/

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