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Gemara
[ guh-mahr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew guh-mah-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew guh-maw-ruh ]
noun
- the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- the Talmud.
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Derived Forms
- Geˈmaric, adjective
- Geˈmarist, noun
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Other Words From
- Ge·maric adjective
- Ge·marist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gemara1
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Example Sentences
In course of time these comments and lectures were collected together into one work under the title of Gemara, completion.
It contains the complete civil and canonical law of the Jews, embracing the Mishna and Gemara.
This vast after-growth or commentary was called Gemara, which means completion.
These same two classes of material, the legal and the narrative, characterize the Gemara.
The Mishna is written in Hebrew, and so too are some of the older quotations in the Gemara.
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