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targumim

targumim is the plural of targum.

Meaning of targum

Noun

targum (plural targums or targumim)

  1. (Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
    • Jonathan who compiled the Thargum, conceives the colours of these banners to answer the pretious stones in the breastplate, and upon which the names of the Tribes were engraven.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.10

Noun capitalized: Targumim

Targumim

  1. (plural) plural of Targum

Questions about targumim

What is targumim the plural of?
Targumim is the plural of targum.
What part of speech is targumim?
Targumim is a noun.

Words near targumim in the dictionary

  1. Targlings
  2. Targs
  3. targum
  4. targumic
  5. Targumical
  6. targumim
  7. Targumist
  8. Targumistic
  9. Targumists
  10. targumize
  11. targumized

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