Dictionary entry

Targum

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tar″gum (?), n.; pl.Targums (#). Heb. Targumim (#). [Chald. targūm interpretation, fr. targēm to interpret. Cf. Truchman, and Dragoman.] A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.