Gemara

[ guh-mahr-uh; Sephardic Hebrew guh-mah-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew guh-maw-ruh ]

noun

1. the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
2. the Talmud.

Gemara

/ ɡɛˈmɔrə; ɡɛmaˈra /

noun

1. Judaism the main body of the Talmud, consisting of a record of ancient rabbinical debates about the interpretation of the Mishna and constituting the primary source of Jewish religious law See also Talmud

Derived Forms

• Geˈmarist, noun
• Geˈmaric, adjective

Other Words From

• Ge·maric adjective
• Ge·marist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gemara¹

C17: from Aramaic gemārā completion, from gemār to complete

Example Sentences

In course of time these comments and lectures were collected together into one work under the title of Gemara, completion.

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It contains the complete civil and canonical law of the Jews, embracing the Mishna and Gemara.

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This vast after-growth or commentary was called Gemara, which means completion.

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These same two classes of material, the legal and the narrative, characterize the Gemara.

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The Mishna is written in Hebrew, and so too are some of the older quotations in the Gemara.

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