Etymology

targum

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Today it means: An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages. Full definition →

Hebrew תַּרְגּוּם
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromתַּרְגּוּם“translation”
  2. English todaytargum

From Hebrew תַּרְגּוּם (targúm, “translation”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.