תּוּרְגְּמָן, (תִּרְגֵּם) = מְתוּרְגְּמָן, interpreter, speaker. Meg. 16ᵃ, v. מְתוּרְגְּמָן. Macc. I, 9 שלא תהא … מפי הת׳ the Sanhedrin must not learn the evidence through an interpreter (but most understand the witnesses’ own language). Ex. R. s. 3 (expl. לפה, Ex. IV, 16) לת׳ he shall be the spokesman; a. e.—Esp. a) the translator (into Chaldaic or Greek) of the Biblical portion read at services. Meg. 23ᵇ (Ms. M. מת׳); a. fr.—b) = אֲמוֹרָא, q. v. Pes. 117ᵃ משכיל ע"י ת׳ a psalm superscribed maskil is one pronounced by a speaker. M. Kat. 21ᵃ ולחש הוא … לת׳ ות׳ השמיע וכ׳ and he (being in mourning) whispered to R. Ḥ. b. ʿA., and the latter to the speaker, and the speaker pronounced it to the audience. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ bot. Ib.ᶜ top; a. fr.