Meaning of targum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of targum.
   alt-of
2. An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
   Judaism

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Examples

“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.”

“Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide⟳ precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism.”

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