Jastrow: תְּאוֹם

תְּאוֹם m. (b. h.; תָּאַם) twin. —Pl. תְּאוֹמִים. Cant. R. to V, 2 (play on תמתי, ib.) תְּאוֹמָתִי מה הת׳ הללו וכ׳ my twin sister, as in the case of twins, when one has a headache, the other feels it, so, as it were, does the Lord say, ‘with him (Israel) am I in distress’ (Ps. XCI, 15). Gen. R. s. 85; a. e.—Esp. Gemini, a constellation of the Zodiac. Pesik. R. s. 20 מזל ת׳ אדם (read: מזל אדם ת׳) man’s planet is Gemini. Tanḥ. Haăz. 1 [read:] וכשגדל נעשה כת׳ כלומר שלם וכ׳ when man grows up, he becomes like the planet Gemini, that is to say, perfect &c.—Fem. תְּאוֹמָה. Cant. R. l. c., v. supra. Ib. תאומתי כביכול, v. תְּיוֹמֶת. Gen. R. s. 22 קין ותְאוֹמָתוֹ Cain and his twin sister. Ib. ת׳ יתירה נולדה וכ׳ an additional twin sister was born with Abel; a. e.—Pl. תְּאוֹמוֹת. Ib. הבל ושתי תְאוֹמוֹתָיו Abel and his two sisters born with him.—Trnsf. תְּאוֹמוֹת (from their shape) molar teeth. Bekh. VI, 4 (39ᵃ) Ar. (Mish. ed. מַתְאִימוֹת; Bab. ed. תיומת).