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Tar·gum
/
ˈtɑr
gʊm;
Sephardic Hebrew
tɑrˈgum;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
ˈtɑr
gʊm
/
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[
tahr
-g
oo
m;
Sephardic Hebrew
tah
r
-
goom
;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
tah
r
-g
oo
m
]
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noun,
plural
Tar·gums
Hebrew
,
Tar·gu·mim
/
Sephardic Hebrew
tɑr
guˈmim
;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
tɑrˈgu
mɪm
/
Show Spelled
[
Sephardic Hebrew
tah
r
-goo-
meem
;
Ashkenazic Hebrew
tah
r
-
goo
-mim
]
Show IPA
.
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
Origin:
<
Aramaic
targūm
literally, paraphrase, interpretation
Related forms
Tar·gum·ic,
adjective
Tar·gum·ist,
noun
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Targum
(ˈtɑːɡəm,
Hebrew
tarˈɡum)
—
n
an Aramaic translation, usually in the form of an expanded paraphrase, of various books or sections of the Old Testament
[C16: from Aramaic: interpretation]
Targumic
—
adj
Tar'gumical
—
adj
'Targumist
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Tar-gum
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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