מְתוּרְגְּמָן, (תִּרְגֵּם) interpreter. Lam. R. to I, 13 (ref. to Esth. VII, 5) ויאמר … למ׳ ויאמר המ׳ וכ׳ King Ahasver spoke to the interpreter, and the interpreter to Esther; Yalk. Esth. 1058; (Meg. 16ᵃ תורגמן).—Esp. a) translator (into Chaldaic or Greek) of the Biblical portion read at services. Meg. IV, 4 לא יקרא למ׳ וכ׳ one must not read for the translator more than one verse at a time. Ib. עד כדי שלא יפסוק המ׳ occupying no more time (in rolling the scroll) than the translator requires for interpreting the verse last read; a. e.—b) = אֲמוֹרָא q. v. Ḥull. 142ᵃ ר׳ חוצפית המ׳. Ex. R. s. 3, end; a. e.—Pl. מְתוּרְגְּמָנִים, נִין … Koh. R. to VII, 5. Ib. to IX, 17. Pes. 50ᵇ; a. e.