Ma·so·rah /məˈsorə, ˈsɔr-/
Ma·so·ra n. A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]
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Masorah
n : 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 [syn: Masora]