Targum

American  

[tahr-goom, tahr-goom, tahr-goom] / ˈtɑr gʊm, tɑrˈgum, ˈtɑr gʊm /

noun

plural

Targums,

plural

Targumim

1. a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.

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Targum British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Targumic adjective
• Targumist noun

Etymology

Origin of Targum

From the Aramaic word targūm literally, paraphrase, interpretation

Example Sentences

“People knew how good this team was,” said Tom Luicci, a former reporter for The Star-Ledger of Newark who also covered the team for The Daily Targum.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2015

There is a copy of the First Edition of Targum in the Library of the British Museum. 

From A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow by Wise, Thomas James

Just before completing this great work, the Manchu New Testament, Mr. Borrow published a small volume in the English p. 49language, entitled Targum, or Metrical Translations from Thirty Languages and Dialects. 

From A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow by Wise, Thomas James

The Samaritan Targum, of about the same date, clearly rests on the same tradition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

To apply this method the numbers of each letter occurring in the Targum of Onkelos on Genesis, or the whole Pentateuch, should be taken.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various