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Tar⋅gum

  [tahr-goom; Seph. Heb. tahr-goom; Ashk. Heb. tahr-goom]
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–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

Related forms:
Tar⋅gum⋅ic, adjective
Tar⋅gum⋅ist, noun
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Tar·gum   (tär'gŏŏm', -gōōm')   
n.  Any of several Aramaic explanatory translations or paraphrasings of the Hebrew Scriptures.

[Mishnaic Hebrew targûm, translation, interpretation, Targum, from Aramaic targəmā, back-formation from targəmānā, interpreter; see dragoman.]
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