Targum

[tɑ:gәm]

Definition

(n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Typist: Marion

Definition

n. a general term for the Aramaic versions—often paraphrases—of the Old Testament which became necessary when after and perhaps during the Babylonian Exile Hebrew began to die out as the popular language and was supplanted by Aramaic.—adj. Tar′gumic.—n. Tar′gumist a writer of a Targum: a student of the Targums.—adj. Targumist′ic.

Typist: Vern