Onkelos
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It is a literal translation executed in the spirit of the Targum of Onkelos, and admitting the same class of variations from the letter of the original.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
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 Eleazar Lord
But to return to the Targums, where the text reads: Let not God speak with us, lest we die, the interpretation of Onkelos runs, Let not the Word from before the Lord speak with us.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
So likewise Onkelos: ‘And the Word of the Lord returned.’
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
The Jerusalem Targum formed the basis of that of Jonathan; and its own basis was that of Onkelos.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
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