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TARGUM

The Aramaic translations or paraphrases of the Old Testament, made by the Jews when Hebrew had ceased to be their normal medium of speech. (Etym. Mishnaic Hebrew targum, translation, interpretation; from Hebrew tirgem, he interpreted.)