targum

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

T'ARGUM, noun A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or dialect. Of these the targum of Jonathan, and that of Onkelos, are held in most esteem by the Jews.
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