Jastrow: תּוֹם

תּוֹם m. (b. h. תֹּם; תָּמַם) simplicity, integrity. Pesik. R. s. 21 גלוי … בשבועתם בתוּמֵּיהֶם ושבטו של לוי עומד בתוּמּוֹ (not בתומיא) it is revealed and known before thee that all the tribes shall fail to abide by their oath in rectitude, and that the tribe of Levi shall stand by its rectitude. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII, 9 כתוּמִּי, v. עַקְמוּמִית; a. e.—Esp. הסיח לפי תומו to talk in one’s simplicity, to make a statement in ignorance of its legal bearing. Yeb. 121ᵇ במסיח לפי תומו when the gentile makes an incidental statement (not as formal testimony). B. Kam. 114ᵇ תינוק … מסיח לפי תומו ואמר וכ׳ a child talking in his innocence said, I and my mother were captives &c. Gitt. 28ᵇ כל מ׳ ל׳ ת׳ הימוני מהימני ליה whenever a gentile makes an informal statement, we believe him (act on it as evidence); a. fr.—Pl. תּוּמִּים, in connection with אורים, Urim and Tummim in the high priest’s breastplate (v. אוּר I). Yoma 73ᵇ ת׳ שמשלימין את דבריהן they are named Tummim, because they complete their words (what they predict comes to pass); Y. ib. VII, end, 44ᶜ ת׳ שהן מתימין וכ׳, v. תָּמַם. Sot. IX, 12; a. fr.