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Targum definition

tärgo͝om, -go͝om
targumim targums
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Any of several Aramaic explanatory translations or paraphrasings of the Hebrew Scriptures.
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Any of several translations or paraphrases of parts of the Jewish Scriptures, written in the vernacular (Aramaic) of Judea.
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(Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
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Alternative capitalization of targum.
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Singular:
targum
Plural:
targumim, targums

Origin of targum

  • Mishnaic Hebrew targûm translation, interpretation, Targum from Aramaic targəmā back-formation from targəmānā interpreter dragoman

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hebrew תרגום"Ž, "translation, interpretation".

    From Wiktionary

Targum Sentence Examples

  • For the other books, the recognized Targum on the Prophets is that ascribed to Jonathan ben Uzziel (4th century ?), which originated in Palestine, but was edited in Babylonia, so that it has the same history and linguistic character as Onkelos.

  • The word Morashtite (Morashti) was therefore obscure to them; but this only gives greater weight to the traditional pronunciation with o in the first syllable, which is as old as the LXX., and goes against the view, taken by the Targum both on Micah and on Jeremiah, and followed by some moderns (including Cheyne, E.B., 3198), that Micah came from Mareshah.

  • The prophecy must, therefore, be regarded as anonymous; the title was added by the compiler 1 A Hebrew tradition given in the Targum of Jonathan, and approved by Jerome, identifies Malachi with Ezra the priest and scribe.

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