תאום

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Akkadian 𒊕𒌋𒌋 (tu'amu), Aramaic תְּיוֹמָא‎ (təyōmā), Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ‎ (t(əʾ)āmā), Arabic تَوْأَم‎ (tawʾam).

Pronunciation

Noun

תְּאוֹם • (t'óm) m (plural indefinite תְּאוֹמִים‎, singular construct תְּאוֹם־, plural construct תְּאוֹמֵי־‎, feminine counterpart תְּאוֹמָה‎)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A (male) twin, a twin brother: one of two siblings born after a single pregnancy.

Derived terms

References
  • “תְּאוֹם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1428.

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