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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
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Targumist

Tar"gum*ist\, n. The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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