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title: תֹּואֲמִם — twin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּואֲמִם (8380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: twin. BDB 1906: n.m. twin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּואֲמִם

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«תֹּואֲמִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twin** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 8380 · **BDB:** תּוֹאָם

### Glosses

twins (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8380/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. twin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8380/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. twin (NH id.; cf. Ph. n.pr.m. תאם, Gk. Θωμᾶς = δίδυμος John 20:24);—pl. abs. of two boys תּוֹמִם Gn 25:24 (Ges§ 23 f.) תְּאוֹמִים 38:27 (both J); of animals, cstr. תְּאוֹמֵי צְבִיָּה Ct 4:5, תָּאֳמֵי צ׳ 7:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּואֲמִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.4/)

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שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּשְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תָּאֳמֵ֥י צְבִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.two breasts your \[are\].like two fawns twins of.a.gazelle

*JPS 1917:* Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.

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[Genesis 25:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.24/)

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וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ יָמֶ֖יהָ לָלֶ֑דֶת וְהִנֵּ֥ה תוֹמִ֖ם בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.completed days her to give.birth and there! twins \[were\].in womb her

*JPS 1917:* And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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