Targum

American  

[tahr-goom, tahr-goom, tahr-goom] / ˈtɑr gʊm, tɑrˈgum, ˈtɑr gʊm /

noun

Targums, plural Targumim plural

1. a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.

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Targum British  

/ tɑːˈɡuːmɪk, tarˈɡum, ˈtɑːɡəm /

noun

1. an Aramaic translation, usually in the form of an expanded paraphrase, of various books or sections of the Old Testament

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Targumist
  noun
• Targumic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Targumim
  plural
• Targums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Targum

From the Aramaic word targūm literally, paraphrase, interpretation

Example Sentences

“People knew how good this team was,” said Tom Luicci, a former reporter for The Star-Ledger of Newark who also covered the team for The Daily Targum.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2015

In the same manner the passage was understood by Aquila, the Chaldee Paraphrasts, the Targum of Onkelos, of Jonathan, and of Jerusalem, the Talmud, the Sohar, and the ancient book of Breshith Rabba.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Borrow’s preface to Targum is dated “St. Petersburg, June 1, 1835.”

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.

The Targum of Onkelos, he observes, is rather a version than a paraphrase, for it renders the Hebrew text word for word.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

The Samaritan Targum, of about the same date, clearly rests on the same tradition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various