תאום

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־א־ם‎ (t-ʾ-m)

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

תְּאוֹמָה‎ (t'omá)
תְּאוֹמִים‎ (t'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