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Mishnah

Mishnah proper noun: the oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).

Proper noun

Mishnah

  1. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
    • The Mishnah is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.
    Synonyms:
    the Oral Torah

Synonyms of Mishnah

  • the Oral Torah

Forms of Mishnah

alternative formMischna
alternative formMishna

Origin of Mishnah

Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).

Words formed from Mishnah

Questions about Mishnah

What does Mishnah mean?
Mishnah means the oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and published in 250 C.E. in Javneh (יבנה, in Israel).
What part of speech is Mishnah?
Mishnah is a proper noun.

Words near Mishnah in the dictionary

  1. Mishmic
  2. Mishmis
  3. mishmosh
  4. mishmoshes
  5. Mishna
  6. Mishnah
  7. Mishnaic
  8. Mishnaic Hebrew
  9. Mishnic
  10. Mishnical
  11. Mishoe

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