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Mish⋅nah

  [Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah]
–noun, plural Mish⋅na⋅yoth, Mish⋅na⋅yot, Mish⋅na⋅yos  [Eng., Ashk. Heb. mish-nuh-yohs; Seph. Heb. meesh-nah-yawt] , English. Mish⋅nahs. Judaism.
1. the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
2. an article or section of this collection.
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Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Heb mishnāh lit., teaching by oral repetition

Related forms:
Mish⋅na⋅ic  [mish-ney-ik] , Mishnic, Mish⋅ni⋅cal, adjective
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Mish·nah also Mish·na   (mĭsh'nə)   
n.   Judaism

  1. The first section of the Talmud, being a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures as compiled about A.D. 200.

  2. A paragraph from this section of the Talmud.

  3. The teaching of a rabbi or other noted authority on Jewish laws.


[Mishnaic Hebrew mišnâ, repetition, instruction, from šānâ, to repeat; see ṯn in Semitic roots.]
Mish·na'ic (mĭsh-nā'ĭk) adj.
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