8638. tirgam
Berean Strong's Lexicon
tirgam: Translate, interpret

Original Word: תִּרְגֵּם
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tirgam
Pronunciation: teer-GAM
Phonetic Spelling: (teer-gam')
Definition: Translate, interpret
Meaning: to transfer, translate

Word Origin: Derived from the root תָּרְגֵּם (targem), which means "to translate" or "to interpret."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often associated with translation is "μεταφράζω" (metaphrázō), which also means to translate or interpret.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "tirgam" refers to the act of translating or interpreting spoken or written language from one form to another. In the context of the Bible, it often involves translating Hebrew or Aramaic texts into another language, such as Greek or a vernacular language of the time.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, the ability to translate and interpret languages was highly valued, especially in a multicultural and multilingual region like the Near East. The Jewish community, particularly during and after the Babylonian exile, encountered various languages and cultures, necessitating the translation of sacred texts. The most famous example of this is the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, which was widely used in the Hellenistic world.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
perhaps from ragam
Definition
to interpret, translate
NASB Translation
translated (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[תִּרְגֵּם] verb quadriliteral interpret, translate (Assyrian >targumânu, interpreter (so also Tel Amarna), perhaps from √ רגם, compare , conjecture, opine WeReste Arab.Heid. 207, see also DlHWB 718 VollersZA xii. 138; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic תַּרְגֵּם,, Arabic ); — Passive participle מְתֻרְגָּם Ezekiel 4:7. — On Targum see WalkerHast. DB under the word

תַּרְדֵּמָה see [רדם].

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
interpret

A denominative from ragam in the sense of throwing over; to transfer, i.e. Translate -- interpret.

see HEBREW ragam

Forms and Transliterations
וּמְתֻרְגָּ֥ם ומתרגם ū·mə·ṯur·gām umeturGam ūməṯurgām
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Englishman's Concordance
Ezra 4:7
HEB: כָּת֥וּב אֲרָמִ֖ית וּמְתֻרְגָּ֥ם אֲרָמִֽית׃ פ
NAS: in Aramaic and translated [from] Aramaic.
KJV: in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
INT: was written Aramaic and translated Aramaic

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 8638
1 Occurrence


ū·mə·ṯur·gām — 1 Occ.
















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