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Aramaic translation of the Old Testament
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targum
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Targum may mean: any of the Aramaic translations of the Bible known as Targumim . in medieval Jewish usage, the Aramaic language in general. Targum (Aramaic dialect) , sometimes used as a term for certain modern dialects of Judaeo-Aramaic , including that ...
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n. (context Judaism English) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
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Targum \Tar"gum\, n.; pl. Targums . Heb. Targumim . [Chald. targ[=u]m interpretation, fr. targ[=e]m to interpret. Cf. Truchman , and Dragoman .] A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language ...
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Well into the second century, synagogues had provided Aramaic translations, or Targums, of Hebrew scripture to the uneducated masses.