Gemara – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Gemara
n.
part of the Talmud that contains commentary on the Mishnah, part of the Oral Law of the Jewish religion
Gemara
The
Gemara (also
transliterated Gemora,
Gemarah or, less commonly,
Gemorra; 'גמרא' noun - from
Aramaic verb
gamar, literally, "study") is the component of the
Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the
Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by
Judah HaNasi (c. 200 CE), the work was studied exhaustively by generation after generation of rabbis in
Babylonia and the
Land of Israel. Their discussions were written down in a series of books that became the Gemara, which when combined with the Mishnah constituted the Talmud.
Gemara
Noun
1. the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna
(hypernym) sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
(part-holonym) Talmud
gemar
v.
gemmate, bud, put forth buds
Gemara
(n.)
The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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