English Explanatory Dictionary

Masorah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Masorah masora Massora Massorah

Etymology

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

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