What does "masorah" 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 "masorah"?

Common synonyms include: masora, talmud.

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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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The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries CE.

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masora talmud

Etymology

From Hebrew מָסוֹרָה (masorá), variant of מסורת / מָסֹרֶת (masóret).

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