תאום

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־א־ם (t-ʾ-m)

Related to Akkadian 𒊕𒌋𒌋 (tu'amu), Aramaic תְּיוֹמָא (təyōmā), Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (təʾāmā), Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tĕˈʔom/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [tʰoˈʔoː.õm]

Noun

תְּאוֹם • (te'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

• תְּאוֹמָה (te'omá)
• תְּאוֹמִים (te'omím)

References

• “תְּאוֹם” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) 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.
• “תאום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• תאומים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he