taam · be double

What it means

taam (תָּאַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be double”.

Be paired, be double; from this comes the word "twins".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. For two things to go together, forming a well-joined pair.
2. Give birth to two at once.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bear twins ×2
• complete ×1
• double ×1
• doubled ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×3
• Song of Songs×2

• Exodus 26:24

  They shall be doubled from below, and together they shall be complete at its top, at the first ring; so it shall be for both of them; they shall form the two corners.

• Exodus 36:29

  And they were double from below, and together they were complete to its top, at the one ring; so he made for both of them, for the two corners.

• Song of Songs 4:2

  Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.

• Song of Songs 6:6

  Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.

And 1 more times.