Word Study · Strong's H8380 · Hebrew
תָּאוֹם
taom
taw-ome'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tâʼôwm
“a twin (in plural only), literally or figuratively”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a twin (in plural only), literally or figuratively
Rendered in the KJV as
twins.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- תְּאוֹמֵ֣י1
- תְאוֹמִ֖ים1
- תָּאֳמֵ֥י1
- תֹֽאֲמִים֮1
- תוֹאֲמִם֮1
- תוֹמִ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 2
- twins4
- twins of2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 4
- HNcmpc · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 26:24תֹֽאֲמִים֮toamimnoun · masculine pluralcoupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.here: twins
- Exodus 36:29תוֹאֲמִם֮toamimnoun · masculine pluralcoupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.here: twins
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 4:5תְּאוֹמֵ֣יteomeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.here: twins of
- Song of Solomon 7:3תָּאֳמֵ֥יtoomeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.here: twins of