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title: תָּאַם — be double · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּאַם (8382), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be double. BDB 1906: vb. denom. be double. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּאַם

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«תָּאַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be double** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8382 · **BDB:** תָּאַם

### Glosses

\[are\].bearing.twins (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8382/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be double [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8382/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. be double;— Pt. pl. תֹּאֲמִם Ex 26:24 ‖ תּוֹאֲמִים 36:29; so read also (for תַּמִּים) 26:24; 36:29 (both P), cf. Sam. Di Baen ARSKHast. DB iv.661. bear twins: Pt. f. pl. מַתְאִימוֹת Ct 5:2; 6:6.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּאַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8382/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.2/)

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שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* teeth your \[are\].like.(the) flock of.(the) shorn.\[ewes\] which they.have.come.up from the washing which all of.them \[are\].bearing.twins and.\[one\] deprived.of.offspring there.\[is\].not among them

*JPS 1917:* Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

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[Song of Songs 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.6/)

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שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים שֶׁעָל֖וּ מִן־הָרַחְצָ֑ה שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* teeth your \[are\].like.(the) flock of.(the) ewes which they.have.come.up from the washing which all of.them \[are\].bearing.twins and.\[one\] deprived.of.offspring there.\[is\].not among them

*JPS 1917:* Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

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