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Stammaim

Stammaim noun: any of the rabbis who composed the anonymous statements and arguments in the Talmud, some of whom may have worked during the period of the Amoraim, but who mostly made their contributions later.

Noun

Stammaim pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Any of the rabbis who composed the anonymous statements and arguments in the Talmud, some of whom may have worked during the period of the Amoraim, but who mostly made their contributions later.

Origin of Stammaim

A modern coinage on the pattern of Amoraim, Tannaim, etc, from Hebrew סְתָם (stam, literally “plain”), used to describe the anonymous commentary in the Talmud.

Questions about Stammaim

What does Stammaim mean?
Stammaim means any of the rabbis who composed the anonymous statements and arguments in the Talmud, some of whom may have worked during the period of the Amoraim, but who mostly made their contributions later.
What part of speech is Stammaim?
Stammaim is a noun.

Words near Stammaim in the dictionary

  1. staminoid
  2. staminophore
  3. staminophores
  4. Stamler
  5. Stammaic
  6. Stammaim
  7. Stammbaum
  8. Stammbaums
  9. stammed
  10. stammel
  11. stammels

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