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targums

targums 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: Targums

Targums

  1. (plural) plural of Targum

Questions about targums

What is targums the plural of?
Targums is the plural of targum.
What part of speech is targums?
Targums is a noun.

Words near targums in the dictionary

  1. Targumists
  2. targumize
  3. targumized
  4. targumizes
  5. targumizing
  6. targums
  7. tarhana
  8. tarhanas
  9. Tarheel
  10. Tarheeler
  11. Tarheelers

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