Tanchuma
/tænˈkuːmə/noun
Tanchuma is a collection of Jewish homiletic midrash traditionally associated with Rabbi Tanhuma.
Did you know?The name is linked both to the Hebrew idea of consolation and to Rabbi Tanhuma, a prominent late-antique Jewish sage whose teachings appear throughout the collection.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*naḥam
“To feel sorrow, regret, or compassion; to bring comfort”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
נָחַם (nāḥam)
“To be sorry, relent, or comfort”
Late Biblical/Rabbinic Hebrew
Hebrew
תַּנְחוּמָה (tanḥūmāh)
“Consolation or words of comfort”
4th Century
Aramaic/Hebrew
Tanhuma bar Abba
“Rabbi Tanhuma, a Jewish sage whose homilies became associated with the tradition”
8th–9th Century
Hebrew
Midrash Tanhuma
“A major collection of homiletic biblical interpretations traditionally connected with Tanhuma”
Modern English
English
Tanchuma
“An English transliteration for the midrash collection or the related rabbinic tradition”