mishna

Mish·nah

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
- /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/
- /mɪshnˈɑː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [English, Ashkenazic Hebrew mish-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew meesh-nah]
- /English, Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪʃ nə; Sephardic Hebrew miʃˈnɑ/

Definitions of mishna word

noun plural mishna the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud. 1
noun plural mishna an article or section of this collection. 1
noun mishna a compilation of precepts passed down as an oral tradition and collected by Judah ha-Nasi in the late second century ad. It forms the earlier part of the Talmud 0
noun mishna the first part of the Talmud, containing traditional oral interpretations of scriptural ordinances (halakhot), compiled by the rabbis about a.d. 200 0
noun mishna any of these interpretations 0

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10, Mishnah is from the Medieval Hebrew word mishnāh literally, teaching by oral repetition

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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