Masorah
or Ma·so·ra, Mas·so·rah, Mas·so·ra
[ muh-sawr-uh, -sohr-uh ]
noun
a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
Origin of Masorah
1From the Hebrew word māsōrāh
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How to use Masorah in a sentence
The consonantal text sometimes betrays these in spite of the Massorah.
The name Masorah (Massorah) is usually derived from masar, to hand on, and explained as “tradition.”
He therefore took up an equivocal position, and re-erected the outworks of the Massorah, which he himself had undermined.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
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