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targumize

targumize verb: to translate the Tanakh into Aramaic.

Verb

targumize (third-person singular simple present targumizes, present participle targumizing, simple past and past participle targumized)

  1. (Judaism) To translate the Tanakh into Aramaic.

Forms of targumize

third-person singular presenttargumizes
present participletargumizing
past participletargumized
pasttargumized

Origin of targumize

From targum + -ize.

Questions about targumize

What does targumize mean?
Targumize means to translate the Tanakh into Aramaic.
What part of speech is targumize?
Targumize is a verb.
What is the past tense of targumize?
The past tense of targumize is targumized.

Words near targumize in the dictionary

  1. Targumical
  2. targumim
  3. Targumist
  4. Targumistic
  5. Targumists
  6. targumize
  7. targumized
  8. targumizes
  9. targumizing
  10. targums
  11. tarhana

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