תִּרְגַּם tirgam — to transfer, i.e. translate
Translated in the KJV as interpret.
a denominative from H7275 in the sense of throwing over; to transfer, i.e. translate.
tirgam in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
וּמְתֻרְגָּ֥ם Ezra 4:7 Participle (passive), masculine singular
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›