- תאם
- תָּאַם(b. h.; v. אֵם) to join, combine.Denom. תְּאוֹם. Hif. הִתְאִים (denom. of תְּאוֹם) to be twin-like, joined, adjoining. Y.Ber.III, 6b top היו שם שתי דרכימ מַתְאִימוֹתוכ׳ if there are two twin-roads (starting from, and leading to the same place), one long, but levitically clean, and the other short, but unclean; Y.Naz.VII, 56a bot. Tosef.Sabb.III, 3 שתי כירים המהאימות two adjoining stoves (perfectly alike); Sabb.37a; Y. ib. III, beg.5c; a. e.Bekh.VI, 1 מתאימות (sub. שינים) molar teeth, v. תְּאוֹם.Kel. II, 7 Ar., v. infra.Part. pass. מּוּתְאָם; f. מוּתְאֶמֶת; pl. מוּתְאָמִים; מוּתְאָמוֹת a) placed between. Cant. R. to I, 13 שהוא מ׳ ביןוכ׳ he (Abraham) was between the Divine Presence and the angel. Ib. to IV, 2; Yalk. ib. 988 שהיו מ׳וכ׳ they (the Israelites) were between Cant. R. to IV, 4 שהיו מ׳ בין החלוץוכ׳ they were placed between the vanguard and the rear-guard.b) divided into two compartments. Sifré Deut. 357 as the branch is separated from the trunk, yet not detached (v. פִּסְגָּה), כך קבורתו … מ׳ מן ההר ואינה מ׳ so is Moses grave divided off from the mountain and yet not entirely divided off, the valley being between them (to connect them); Yalk. ib. 963.Kel. II, 7 קלמרים המותאמות ed. Dehr. (oth. ed. המְתוֹאָמוֹת, Pu.; Ar. המַתְאֶמֶת) an inkstand with two compartments, v. קַלְמָרִין.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
