amora

American  

[uh-mawr-uh, uh-mohr-uh] / əˈmɔr ə, əˈmoʊr ə /

Or Amora

noun

Judaism.

amoraim plural

1. one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• amoraim
  plural

Etymology

Origin of amora

From the Hebrew word āmōrā' “interpreter”