Targumim

Variant of Targum

Targum definition

Tar·gum (tär′go̵om, tär go̵̅o̅m′)

noun pl. Targums Tar′·gums or Targumim Tar·gu′·mim (tär go̵̅o̅m′im)

any of several translations or paraphrases of parts of the Jewish Scriptures, written in the vernacular (Aramaic) of Judea

Etymology: MHeb < Aram targūm, lit., interpretation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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