Masora
— Noun
– English
~ a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts
Masorah
— Noun
– English
~ a vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts
Masorete
— Noun
– English
~ a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
Masoretic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the Masorah
Masorite
— Noun
– English
~ a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
Masoud
— Noun
– English
~ Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001)