Gemara

[guh-mahr-uh; Seph. Heb. guh-mah-rah; Ashk. Heb. guh-maw-ruh]

Ge·ma·ra

[guh-mahr-uh; Seph. Heb. guh-mah-rah; Ashk. Heb. guh-maw-ruh]
noun
1.
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
2.
the Talmud.
Ge·ma·ric, adjective
Ge·ma·rist, noun
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Gemara is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Gemara (ɡɛˈmɔrə, Hebrew ɡɛmaˈra)
 
n
Judaism See also Talmud the main body of the Talmud, consisting of a record of ancient rabbinical debates about the interpretation of the Mishna and constituting the primary source of Jewish religious law
 
[C17: from Aramaic gemārā completion, from gemār to complete]
 
Ge'maric
 
adj
 
Ge'marist
 
n

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