Jastrow: תָּם I

תָּם I m. (b. h.; תָּמַם) 1) perfect, unblemished. Tem. 7ᵇ (opp. בעל מום); B. Kam. 12ᵇ; (Maas. Sh. I, 2 תָּמִים); a. fr.—Fem. תַּמָּה. Sabb. 103ᵇ, v. כְּתִיבָה. Succ. 37ᵃ, v. לְקִיחָה. Tanḥ. Emor 18 (ref. to ול̇ק̇ח̇ת̇ם̇, Lev. XXIII, 40) בל̇ק̇יח̇ה ת̇מ̇ה וכ׳ by a real (honest) purchase: thou darest not steal (a Lulab), and stand with it (before God) &c.; a. e. —2) simple, innocent, artless. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 ארבעה … ואחד תם וכ׳ there are four characters in children (as regards their attitude towards religious ceremonies): one is wise, and one is simple &c.; (Yalk. Ex. 225 טיפש); a. e. —3) (law) an innocuous animal, one that did injury for the first time, or before warning had been given, opp. מוּעָד (v. Ex. XXI, 28-36). B. Kam. I, 4 התם משלם וכ׳ the tam pays half-damage from the sale of its own body. Ib. II, 4 איזה הוא תם … משיחזור וכ׳ when is an animal called tam?… When it shows its regret for three days, i.e. when it has done an injury and does not repeat it for three days afterwards; ib. (another opin.) ותם כל שיהו וכ׳ tam is one which does not gore when children touch it; a. v. fr.—Pl. תַּמִּים, תַּמִּין. Ib. I, 4 חמשה ת׳ וכ׳ there are five classes of tammin, i.e. an animal is considered a tam with regard to five classes of damages (so as to require legal warning): with regard to goring, striking &c.; a. e.