תאום

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־א־ם (t-ʾ-m)
6 terms

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

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈtʔoːm/ [tʰoˈʔoːm]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /təˈʔøm/ [tʰøˈʔøːm], [tʰeˈʔeːm]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /teˈ(ʔ)om/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /təˈ(ʔ)oːm/, /təˈ(ʔ)ojm/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /teˈ(ʔ)om/

Noun

תְּאוֹם • (te'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 or more 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