n.
Any of several Aramaic explanatory translations or paraphrasings of the Hebrew Scriptures.
[Mishnaic Hebrew targûm, translation, interpretation, Targum, from Aramaic targəmā, back-formation from targəmānā, interpreter. See dragoman.]
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