masoret
/məˈsɔːɹɪt/
masoret noun: an unwritten tradition orally passed down as law by the Hebrews.
Noun (1)
masoret (plural masorets)
- An unwritten tradition orally passed down as law by the Hebrews.
- The rough correspondence between these concepts and “native” Jewish ideas such as masoret (authoritative tradition) and galut (exile) further helps to explain their enduring status in the field.2011, Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, Marina Rustow, Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History, →ISBN
- From the above, it would seem that Rabban Gamliel had a different masoret from R' Yehoshua, one that was a very well-kept secret.2014, Richard Fiedler, Sod Ha'ibur, →ISBN, page 77
Noun (2) capitalized: Masoret
Masoret (plural Masorets)
- Alternative form of Masorete.
- The Masorets, by their great care and diligence, have left us an edition of the Old Testament, which secures the text from all interpolations, while it checks also the licentiousness of conjectural criticism, and gives a definite meaning to many obscure passages; at the same time, it by no means...1838, George Townsend, The New Testament, arranged in chronological and historical order, with copious notes on the principal subjects in theology
- Having thus fixed the correct reading, the Masorets determined to prevent as far as possible, the danger of any future departure from it.1889, John MacDevitt, Introduction to the Sacred Scriptures: In Two Parts, page 13
- A Masorah.
- ...the transcribers themselves have candidly intimated by the suspended Nun that סשמ is the genuine reading, and the Masorets also expressly state, that the Nun was inserted, in order that the first idolatrous priest should not be said to be a grandson of Moses.1827, Johann Jahn, Samuel Hulbeart Turner, William Rollinson Whittingham, An Introduction to the Old Testament, page 160
- Where the Keri's have to do with exegesis or grammar, by far the largest part of them proceed immediately from the Masorets themselves.1860, Johann Jakob Herzog, The Protestant Theological and Ecclesiastical Encyclopedia, page 413
Forms of masoret
| plural | masorets |
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| plural | Masorets |
Origin of masoret
From Hebrew מסורת / מָסֹרֶת (masóret).
Questions about masoret
- What does masoret mean?
- Masoret means an unwritten tradition orally passed down as law by the Hebrews.
- What part of speech is masoret?
- Masoret is a noun.
- How do you pronounce masoret?
- Masoret is pronounced /məˈsɔːɹɪt/.
- What is the plural of masoret?
- The plural of masoret is masorets.
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