English Explanatory Dictionary

Mishnah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).

Word forms

Mishnah Mischna Mishna

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).

Synonyms

the Oral Torah

Related words

Torah

Derived words

Mishnaic Mishnic Mishnical
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