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# תָּאַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8382

**be double** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] bearing twins (2).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8382.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8382/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).