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- Hebrew · derived fromמָסוֹרָה
- English todayMasorah
From Hebrew מָסוֹרָה (masorá), variant of מסורת / מָסֹרֶת (masóret).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From Hebrew מָסוֹרָה (masorá), variant of מסורת / מָסֹרֶת (masóret).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.