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tanakh | targum |

As a proper noun Tanakh

is the body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.

As a noun targum is

an Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.

tanakh

English

Alternative forms

* Tanach

Proper noun

(wikipedia Tanakh) (en proper noun)
  • The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.

    • See also

    * Hebrew Bible * Old Testament * Torah

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    targum

    English

    (wikipedia targum)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.
  • *1646 , (Thomas Browne), Pseudodoxia Epidemica , V.10:
  • *: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.
  • *2011 , (David Bellos), Is That a Fish in Your Ear? , Penguin 2012, p. 141:
  • *: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.