Targum

... Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TARGUM. tar'-gum (targum): 1. Meaning and Etymology of the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Hebrew (37 Occurrences)

... he'-broo: 1. Philo Judaeus 2. Targum 3. Midrash 4. Talmud 5. Karaites 6. Middle Ages (1) Saadia ben Joseph (2) Rashi (3) Joseph Kara (4) Abraham ibn Ezra (5 ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hebrew.htm - 77k

Version

... The chief of these are,. (1.) The Onkelos Targum, ie, the targum of Akelas=Aquila, a targum so ... This targum originated about the second century after Christ. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/version.htm - 37k

Upharsin (1 Occurrence)

... In the Targum of Onkelos, sheqel is always rendered by cela`; in the Peshitta and Arabic VSS, by mathqal; in the Samaritan Targum, by mathqal (except only ... biblethesaurus.org/u/upharsin.htm - 11k

Tekel (2 Occurrences)

... In the Targum of Onkelos, sheqel is always rendered by cela`; in the Peshitta and Arabic VSS, by mathqal; in the Samaritan Targum, by mathqal (except only ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tekel.htm - 11k

Mene (2 Occurrences)

... In the Targum of Onkelos, sheqel is always rendered by cela`; in the Peshitta and Arabic VSS, by mathqal; in the Samaritan Targum, by mathqal (except only ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mene.htm - 11k

Wild (147 Occurrences)

... 1) ziz, only with sadhay, "field," in the expression, ziz sadhay, translated "wild beasts of the field" (Psalm 50:11; Psalm 80:13); compare Targum to Psalm 80 ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wild.htm - 50k

Bered (2 Occurrences)

... The well Beer-lahai-roi was "between Kadesh and Bered." The Onkelos Targum renders it Chaghra', which is the usual equivalent of Shur, while the Jerusalem ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bered.htm - 8k

College (2 Occurrences)

... The Authorized Version followed the Jewish commentators, who, following the Targum, gave the Hebrew word its post-Biblical sense, as if it meant a place of ... biblethesaurus.org/c/college.htm - 9k

Naphtali (51 Occurrences)

... traditions have not much to say about him. According to Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, he was a swift runner. It also tells us that he was ... biblethesaurus.org/n/naphtali.htm - 35k

Beast (243 Occurrences)

... 1) ziz, only with sadhay, "field," in the expression, ziz sadhay, translated "wild beasts of the field" (Psalm 50:11; Psalm 80:13); compare Targum to Psalm 80 ... biblethesaurus.org/b/beast.htm - 50k

Commentaries

... Early Commentaries: Rabbinical interpretations and paraphrases of the Old Testament may here be left out of account (see next article; also TARGUM; TALMUD; FW ... biblethesaurus.org/c/commentaries.htm - 57k

Lamentations (6 Occurrences)

... (see BIBLE.). As to its authorship, there is no room for hesitancy in following the LXX. and the Targum in ascribing it to Jeremiah. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lamentations.htm - 20k

Targets (7 Occurrences)

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Samaritan (8 Occurrences)

... They are usually written in two columns to the page, one being the Targum or interpretation and this is sometimes in Aramaic and sometimes in Arabic. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaritan.htm - 42k

Zebulun (46 Occurrences)

...Targum Pseudo-Jonathan says that he first of the five brethren was presented to Pharaoh by Joseph, when Israel and his house arrived in Egypt (Genesis 47:2 ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zebulun.htm - 29k

Kir (11 Occurrences)

... The Targum hence reads "Kerak in Moab." There can be no doubt that the Kerak here intended is represented by the modern town of that name, with which ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir.htm - 17k

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

... of Deborah (Judges 5:21) it is spoken of as "that ancient river," either (1) because it had flowed on for ages, or (2), according to the Targum, because it was ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kishon.htm - 12k

Kernel (4 Occurrences)

... same, of raisin pulp): Mentioned in Numbers 6:4 along with zagh, translated "husks." This translates, "kernels" or "grape stones," is from the Targum and Talmud ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kernel.htm - 8k

Oak (22 Occurrences)

... (3.) `Elon, Judges 4:11; 9:6 (RV, "oak;" AV, following the Targum, "plain") properly the deciduous species of oak shedding its foliage in autumn. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oak.htm - 33k

Jehovahnissi (1 Occurrence)

... Septuagint translates "the Lord my refuge," deriving nicci from nuc, "to flee." Targum Onkelos reads, "Moses built an altar and worshipped on it before Yahweh ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehovahnissi.htm - 7k

Japheth (12 Occurrences)

... The Targum of Onkelos agrees with the English Versions of the Bible, but that of Jonathan has "God shall beautify Japheth," as though from yaphah. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/japheth.htm - 15k

Jambres (2 Occurrences)

... These traditions, which are found in the Targum and elsewhere, are full of contradictions and impossibilities and anachronisms. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jambres.htm - 11k

Jannes (2 Occurrences)

... These traditions, which are found in the Targum and elsewhere, are full of contradictions and impossibilities and anachronisms. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jannes.htm - 10k

Jehovah-nissi (1 Occurrence)

... Septuagint translates "the Lord my refuge," deriving nicci from nuc, "to flee." Targum Onkelos reads, "Moses built an altar and worshipped on it before Yahweh ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehovah-nissi.htm - 7k

Lud (10 Occurrences)

... lud, lu'-dim, lood'-im (ludh, ludhim, ludhiyum, "Ludites"; Loud, Loudieim; Targum Onk: ludha'e): 1. Two Different Nationalities: In Genesis 10:13 Ludim appears ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lud.htm - 13k

Lawgiver (7 Occurrences)

...Targum, Vulgate, Peshitta, and some moderns have seen here a reference to the grave of Moses, but Nebo was in Reuben and not in Gad. WC Morro. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lawgiver.htm - 13k

Ludim (3 Occurrences)

... lud, lu'-dim, lood'-im (ludh, ludhim, ludhiyum, "Ludites"; Loud, Loudieim; Targum Onk: ludha'e): 1. Two Different Nationalities: In Genesis 10:13 Ludim appears ... biblethesaurus.org/l/ludim.htm - 11k

Lasha (1 Occurrence)

... Eusebius, Onomasticon identifies it with the hot springs at Callirrhoe in Wady Zerqa Ma`in, on the East of the Dead Sea; in this agreeing with Targum Jerusalem ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lasha.htm - 8k

Gur-baal (1 Occurrence)

... against whom God helped Uzziah, king of Judah (2 Chronicles 26:7). Its mention immediately after the Philistines may have suggested the "Gerar" of the Targum. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gur-baal.htm - 7k

Gittith (6 Occurrences)

... render the word by "on the wine-fats." The Targum explains by "on the harp which David brought from Gath." It is the only stringed instrument named in the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gittith.htm - 9k

Gebalites (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary (1 Kings 5:18 RV, in AV incorrectly rendered, after the Targum, "stone-squarers, " but marg. "Giblites ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gebalites.htm - 8k

Gurbaal (1 Occurrence)

... against whom God helped Uzziah, king of Judah (2 Chronicles 26:7). Its mention immediately after the Philistines may have suggested the "Gerar" of the Targum. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gurbaal.htm - 7k

Woman (4043 Occurrences)

... the death of Zipporah, really a Cushite (Ethiopian) by race, whether the princess of Meroe of whom Josephus (Ant., II, x, 2) romances (so Targum of Jonathan ... biblethesaurus.org/w/woman.htm - 45k

Weasel (1 Occurrence)

... and American) agree in rendering choledh by "weasel," and the Septuagint has gale, "weasel" or "marten." According to Gesenius, the Vulgate, Targum, and Talmud ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weasel.htm - 9k

Tirathites (1 Occurrence)

... commorantes"). The Targum takes the same view, save that the "Sucathites" are those "covered" with a spirit of prophecy. Bertheau ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tirathites.htm - 7k

Tarnish (1 Occurrence)

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Tidal (2 Occurrences)

... with his allies, Amraphel of Shinar (Babylonia), Arioch of Ellasar, and Tidal, who is called "king of nations" (the King James Version) (goyim, Targum `ammin). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tidal.htm - 11k

Rose (279 Occurrences)

... A Targum on Songs 2:1 explains the Hebrew word as "narcissus," a very common plant in the plains and mountains of Palestine and a great favorite with the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rose.htm - 37k

Ezel (3 Occurrences)

... The margin of the Authorized Version reads, "The stone that sheweth the way," in this rendering following the Targum. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EZEL. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezel.htm - 8k

Elishah (3 Occurrences)

... The Targum on Ezekiel gives "the province of Italy." Other suggestions include Hellas, Ells, and Alsa; the last named is a kingdom mentioned in the Tell el ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elishah.htm - 8k

Eliezer (14 Occurrences)

...Targum Syriac (Revised Version margin) read "Eliezer the Damascene": this supposes a reading, "Eliezer ha-dammasqi" or "mid-dammeseq." The text may be corrupt ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eliezer.htm - 15k

Ethiopian (11 Occurrences)

... the death of Zipporah, really a Cushite (Ethiopian) by race, whether the princess of Meroe of whom Josephus (Ant., II, x, 2) romances (so Targum of Jonathan ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopian.htm - 18k

Dwell (474 Occurrences)

... In order to avoid appearing to localize the Divine Being, wherever God is said to "dwell" in a place, the Targum renders that He "causes His Shekinah to dwell ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dwell.htm - 42k

Moab (162 Occurrences)

... The Targum hence reads "Kerak in Moab." There can be no doubt that the Kerak here intended is represented by the modern town of that name, with which ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moab.htm - 62k

Marshal (2 Occurrences)

... Accordingly, the Revised Version margin renders Nahum 3:17 "thy scribes," though the Syriac has "thy warriors," as does the Targum in Jeremiah. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/marshal.htm - 9k

Malachi (2 Occurrences)

... At the same time the Septuagint translates the last clause of Malachi 1:1, "by the hand of his messenger," and the Targum reads, "by the hand of my angel ... biblethesaurus.org/m/malachi.htm - 21k

Mehir (1 Occurrence)

... Perug, a Chaldee name of equivalent meaning, is given for this person in the Targum of Rabbi Joseph. Multi-Version Concordance Mehir (1 Occurrence). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mehir.htm - 7k

Merab (4 Occurrences)

... concise meaning of the Hebrew word Yaladh, which is a physiological word for bearing children, and cannot be translated "brought up." A Targum explanation reads ... biblethesaurus.org/m/merab.htm - 11k

Mishneh

... and the MAKTESH (which see). The translation "college" is due to Targum of Jonathan on 2 Kings 22:14. The Revised Version (British ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mishneh.htm - 7k

Malchiel (3 Occurrences)

... word as the modern Neba; secondly, Siaghah, which is radically identical with the Aramaic Se`ath, the word standing instead of Nebo in the Targum of Onkelos ... biblethesaurus.org/m/malchiel.htm - 74k

Parvaim (1 Occurrence)

... Some have considered the name a shortened form of Cepharvayim which occurs in the Syriac and Targum Jonathan for the "Sephar" of Genesis 10:30. AS Fulton. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parvaim.htm - 7k

Breeches (6 Occurrences)

... Ges., Thesaurus). In Targum and Talmud (compare Levy, NHWB, under the word), and is so taken by the rabbinical commentators. Still ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breeches.htm - 12k

Cassia (3 Occurrences)

... Exodus 30:24); it was, too, one of the wares in which Vedan and Javan traded with Tyre (Ezekiel 27:19); it is identified in the Peshitta and the Targum with (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cassia.htm - 9k

Cushite (15 Occurrences)

... the death of Zipporah, really a Cushite (Ethiopian) by race, whether the princess of Meroe of whom Josephus (Ant., II, x, 2) romances (so Targum of Jonathan ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cushite.htm - 14k

Chilmad (1 Occurrence)

... The Targum substitutes Madhai, "Media," and on this account Mez (Stadt Harran, 24) amends to Kol Madhai, "all Media." The absence of the copula "and" has ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chilmad.htm - 8k

Carmi (8 Occurrences)

... As regards the phrase "the sons of Carmi" (1 Chronicles 2:7), Carmi is probably to be taken as the son of Zimri (= Zabdi, Joshua 7:1). The Targum, however, has ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carmi.htm - 10k

Carcas (1 Occurrence)

... Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10). The Targum allegorizes the first five of the names. Multi-Version Concordance Carcas (1 Occurrence). Esther 1:10 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carcas.htm - 7k

Allegory (6 Occurrences)

... In this only Jewish precedent was followed; the paraphrases commonly known as the Targum, the Midrash, and later in its most extreme form in the Kabbalah, all ... biblethesaurus.org/a/allegory.htm - 14k

Abel (22 Occurrences)

... 1 Samuel 6:18), the name given to the great stone in Joshua's field whereon the ark was "set down." The Revised Version, however, following the Targum and the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abel.htm - 22k

Ashurites (2 Occurrences)

... Saul's son. A slight textual correction gives "Asherites," that is, the tribe of Asher; with this the Targum of Jonathan agrees. The ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashurites.htm - 8k

Abrech (1 Occurrence)

... whether as the King James Version "bow the knee," from barakh (hiphil imperative) or marginal "tender father," or "father of a king" of the Targum. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abrech.htm - 8k

Abanah (1 Occurrence)

... ab'-a-na, a-ba'-na ('abhanah (Kethibh, Septuagint, Vulgate)), or AMANA a-ma'-na ('amanah (Qere, Peshitta, Targum); the King James Version Abana (American ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abanah.htm - 8k

Atharim (1 Occurrence)

... place (so Septuagint). the King James Version follows Syriac and Targum, rendering Atharim as if Tarim = spies. Dillmann translates ... biblethesaurus.org/a/atharim.htm - 7k

Ashhur (2 Occurrences)

... A more consistent reading is ha-'asheri, as given in the Targum of Jonathan and accepted by Kohler, Klost, Kirkpatrick and Budde, "those of the house of Asher ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashhur.htm - 8k

Sheshach (2 Occurrences)

... The general explanation is that this is "a cypherform of `Babel' (Babylon)" which is the word given as equivalent to "Sheshach" by the Targum (Jeremiah 25:26 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sheshach.htm - 9k

Shimeathites (1 Occurrence)

... commorantes. The Targum has a similar explanation, except that the "Sucathites" are those "covered" with a spirit of prophecy. Bertheau ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shimeathites.htm - 8k

Sepharad (1 Occurrence)

... Many conjectures have been made. The Targum of Jonathan identifies with Spain; hence, the Spanish Jews are called Sephardim. Others ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sepharad.htm - 8k

Sanhedrin (19 Occurrences)

... Sanhedrin 16) it was constituted by Moses (Numbers 11:16-24) and was reorganized by Ezra immediately after the return from exile (compare the Targum to Songs 6 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrin.htm - 27k

Seraiah (18 Occurrences)

... The Targum renders Sar Menuchah by Rabh Tiqrabhta, "prince of battle, and Septuagint by archon doron, "prince of gifts," reading Minchah for Menuchah. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/seraiah.htm - 17k

Ass (95 Occurrences)

... swiftness. (5) `Arodh, is, in all probability, an Aramaic loan-word for the Hebrew pere'. The Targum uses `arodha' and `aradha'. 3 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ass.htm - 48k

Inn (7 Occurrences)

... The Targum designates her an "innkeeper," while Rashi translates zonah as "a seller of kinds of food," a meaning the word will bear. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inn.htm - 17k

Issachar (40 Occurrences)

... According to the Targum, this meant that they knew how to ascertain the periods of the sun and moon, the intercalation of months, the dates of solemn feasts ... biblethesaurus.org/i/issachar.htm - 26k

Reuben (73 Occurrences)

...Targum Pseudo-Jonathan says that the standard was a deer, with the legend "Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord." On the march this division took the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reuben.htm - 46k

Zoology

... here. The etymology is uncertain. Septuagint has tragelaphos, "goat-stag." Targum and Syriac VSS, according to BDB, have ibex. Ya ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoology.htm - 18k

Nebo (13 Occurrences)

... word as the modern Neba; secondly, Siaghah, which is radically identical with the Aramaic Se`ath, the word standing instead of Nebo in the Targum of Onkelos ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebo.htm - 17k

Synagogue (52 Occurrences)

... the Jews is clear from the fact that it was thought to have been instituted by Moses (Apion, ii, 17; Philo, De Vita Moses, iii0.27; compare Targum Jeremiah to ... biblethesaurus.org/s/synagogue.htm - 50k

Songs (100 Occurrences)

... The Targum interprets Canticles as an allegory of the marital love of Yahweh and Israel. Origen made the allegorical theory popular in the early church. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/songs.htm - 62k