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MASORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Masora; Masorah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Masora" is a kind of...):
textual criticism (comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity)
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