targum meaning
TARGUM. A name applied to each of several early somewhat paraphrastic translations of portions of the OT into Aram. Definition and origin. Targum is Aram. for âtranslation.â The root occurs once in the Bible (Ezra 4:7). Targumanu, âinterpreterâ or âtranslator,â occurs in Akkad. as early as the El-Amarna tablets (c. 1400-1350 b.c.).