What does "masora" mean?

a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts

What is a synonym for "masora"?

Common synonyms include: masorah, masorah.

Masora

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Noun

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a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts wordnet

Proper Noun

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Alternative spelling of Masorah. alt-of, alternative

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