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Tar⋅gum

[tahr-goom; Seph. Heb. tahr-goom; Ashk. Heb. tahr-goom]
–noun, plural Tar⋅gums, Hebrew. Tar⋅gu⋅mim [Seph. tahr-goo-meem; Ashk. tahr-goo-mim] .
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.

Origin:
< Aram targūm lit., paraphrase, interpretation


Tar⋅gum⋅ic, adjective
Tar⋅gum⋅ist, noun
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