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תְּחוּם‏ n.m. border; territory; definition

border, boundary Com. GenApoc 16.17 : ואזל תחומא דן כעין מן לשנ֗א֗ ד֗ן‏ this border proceeds like a fountain(?) from this bay. PJ Gen10:19 : תחום כנענאי‏ . territory within such a border Palmyrene, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgO Ex7:27 : הָאְנָא מָחֵי יָת כֹל תְחוּמָך בְעוּרדְעָנַיָא‏ I am going to plague your entire territory with frogs. TN Gen14:7 : וקטלו ית כל תחומהון דעמלקיא‏ they killed the entire territory of the Amalekites. PJ Gen23:17 : כל אילנא דבחקלא דבכל תחומי<ה> חזור חזור‏ every tree of the field that is in all of its territory all around. border marker JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgO Deut27:17 : לִיט דִישַנֵי תְחוּמָא דְחַברֵיה‏ cursed be one who changes his friend's border marker. TN Deut27:17 : תחומה דגברא‏ . PJ Deut27:17 : ליט דישני תחומא דחבריה‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 579a; DJBA: 1200b; Jastrow: 1660; Levy Ch-W: 2:534; Tal Sam: 946; DNWSI: 1208; DJA: 86b; Cook,Qumran: 252;

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Derivatives:

tḥm vb. D to mark limits

mtḥm (məṯaḥḥem) adj. #2 contiguous