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‖ meturgeman|mɪˈtɜːrgɪmən| [Late Heb. m⊇thurg⊇mān, f. Aram. m⊇thurgām, pa. pple. of targēm to interpret. Cognate with Targum, dragoman.] (See quots.)
1865Dixon Holy Land II. 146 The Meturgeman, an interpreter of the Law, whose duty it was to stand near the reader for the day, and translate the sacred verses, one by one, from the Hebrew into the vulgar tongue. 1881Ch. Rev. Apr. 49 Persons were appointed to translate the Hebrew into Chaldee, and explain the sense as the reader proceeded. This was the office of meturgeman, or interpreter, which..came to be recognized in every synagogue. |