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Targum

[ tahr-goom; Sephardic Hebrew tahr-goom; Ashkenazic Hebrew tahr-goom ]

noun

, plural Tar·gums, Hebrew Tar·gu·mim [tah, r, -goo-, meem, tah, r, -, goo, -mim].
  1. a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.


Targum

/ tɑːˈɡuːmɪk; tarˈɡum; ˈtɑːɡəm /

noun

  1. an Aramaic translation, usually in the form of an expanded paraphrase, of various books or sections of the Old Testament
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈTargumist, noun
  • Targumic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • Tar·gumic adjective
  • Targum·ist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Targum1

From the Aramaic word targūm literally, paraphrase, interpretation
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Targum1

C16: from Aramaic: interpretation
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Example Sentences

The Daily Targum’s student leaders say the decision to cut their printing days to Mondays to Thursdays is to stay afloat after a devastating vote last spring resulted in a loss of all student fee funding.

The Daily Targum’s primary source of revenue has been student fees.

Founded in 1869, the Targum received university funding until 1980, when it became independent.

The Daily Targum’s business manager tells NJ.com that close to 70% of students didn’t participate in the referendum.

The term does not actually appear in the final Daily Targum column written by Aviv Khavich, a sophomore engineering student at the New Jersey university.

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