Targum (תרגום) means translation in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
תַּרְגּוּם
targum
noun · masculine
In English
translation
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Targum.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מידע לשוני שהועבר משפה אחת לאחרת.
- 2השורש ת־ר־ג־ם מופיע בלשונות השמיות העתיקות: בארמית – תרגם, פירושו ביאר; באכדית – targumanu, תורגמן, בא מן ragamu שמשמעותו ק־ר־א; באוגריתית השורש הוא דיבר.
The word Targum is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- תַּרְגּוּם
- Written without vowel points
- תרגום
- Said
- targum
- Root
- ת־ר־ג־מ
- Pattern
- קַטּוּל
- Plural
- תַּרְגּוּמִים
- Inflections
- ר' תַּרְגּוּמִים
- Gematria
- 649
This is how Targum is said in other languages.
- English
- translation
- Arabic
- ترجمة
- Russian
- перевод
- French
- traduction
- German
- Übersetzung
These words rhyme with Targum.
The word Targum is part of these phrases and sayings.
- שניים מקרא ואחד תרגום
- תרגום אונקלוס
- תרגום השבעים
- תרגום סימולטני
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Targum comes from the root ת־ר־ג־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Targum in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Targum.
What does Targum (תרגום) mean in Hebrew?
Targum (תרגום) means translation. It is said targum, with the stress on gum.
What rhymes with Targum (תרגום)?
Words that rhyme with Targum (תרגום) include תחום, חום, תשלום, תחום, שום, and זיהום.
Is Targum (תרגום) masculine or feminine?
The word Targum (תרגום) is a masculine noun, and its plural is תַּרְגּוּמִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry תרגום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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