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Tannaim

Tannaim is the plural of Tanna.

Meaning of Tanna

Noun

Tanna (plural Tannas or Tannaim)

  1. Any of the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishna, from approximately 10–220 CE.

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Questions about Tannaim

What is Tannaim the plural of?
Tannaim is the plural of Tanna.

Words near Tannaim in the dictionary

  1. tannahdars
  2. Tannahill
  3. Tannahills
  4. tannahs
  5. Tannaic
  6. Tannaim
  7. Tannaite
  8. Tannaites
  9. Tannaitic
  10. Tannakian
  11. tannal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tannaim (page history and authors); Tanna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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