Etymology

Stammaim

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Today it means: Any of the rabbis who composed the anonymous statements and arguments in the Talmud, some of whom may have worked during the period of the Amoraim, but who mostly made their contributions later. Full definition →

Hebrew סְתָם
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromסְתָם
  2. English todayStammaim

A modern coinage on the pattern of Amoraim, Tannaim, etc, from Hebrew סְתָם (stam, literally “plain”), used to describe the anonymous commentary in the Talmud.

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