תָּאַם (b. h.; v. אַם) to join, combine.—Denom. תְּאוֹם.
Hif. - הִתְאִים (denom. of תְּאוֹם) to be twin-like, joined, adjoining. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵇ top היו שם שתי דרכים מַתְאִימוֹת וכ׳ 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 המתאימות 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. מוּתְאָם; f. מוּתְאֶמֶת; pl. מוּתְאָמִים; מוּתְאָמוֹת a) placed between. Cant. R. to I, 13 שהוא מ׳ בין וכ׳ 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 &c. Cant. R. to IV, 4 שהיו מ׳ בין החלוץ וכ׳ 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.