Bible Dictionary

Talitha-cumi

young woman, arise

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

young woman, arise

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

TAL'ITHA-CU'MI, a phrase in the Syro-Chaldaic language, the literal translation of which is given by the evangelist: "Damsel" (or "maiden"), "arise." Mark 5:41. Several scholars contend that Taleitha Kum is the true reading, corresponding with the Aramaic and with similar phrases in the Talmud.