Amoran.

Brit.

/əˈmɔːrə/,

/aˈmɔːrə/, U.S.

/əˈmɔrə/

Inflections: Plural Amoraim.

Forms: 1600s– Amoraim (plural), 1700s–1800s Amorajim (plural), 1800s– Amora. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Aramaic. Etymons: Hebrew 'āmōrā; Aramaic 'āmōrā.

Etymology: < (i) post-biblical Hebrew 'āmōrā, specific use of 'ămōrā speaker, interpreter, and its etymon (ii) Aramaic 'āmōrā, emphatic form of 'āmōr < 'ămar to speak, to say, to tell, to command, cognate with Hebrew 'āmar, in the same senses. Compare post-classical Latin Amoraim (1572 or earlier), German Amoraim (1742 or earlier; also Amorajim, 1747 or earlier), plural nouns. In plural forms in -im after the Hebrew plural form 'ămōrā'īm.

Jewish History.

Usually in plural. Any of the Jewish scholars in Palestine and Babylon who interpreted the Mishnah between the 2nd and 5th centuries c.e. until the completion of the Talmud.

ΚΠ

1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) xii. xii. 187 To these succeeded the Amoraim, which were so named, because hain omerim memoroth, They vttered wise Sentences.

1725 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ IV. vii. xxxii. 179 The Amorajim, or Amoreans, that is, Commentators, began a new Explication of Traditions.

1917 Jewish Q. Rev. 7 423 Mr. Schesak assumes general characteristics for the Amoraim of the south, and if an Amora happens to possess these characteristics he is taken to belong to that group.

1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 22/4 Eventually the teachings of the Palestinian Amoraim were gathered together to form the Palestinian Talmud.

2011 AJS Rev. 29 72 The Amoraim overturned the accepted earlier practice of the wealthy bringing food in silver and gold baskets to a house of mourning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amora
释义	Amoran. Brit. /əˈmɔːrə/, /aˈmɔːrə/, U.S. /əˈmɔrə/ Inflections: Plural Amoraim. Forms: 1600s– Amoraim (plural), 1700s–1800s Amorajim (plural), 1800s– Amora. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Partly a borrowing from Aramaic. Etymons: Hebrew 'āmōrā; Aramaic 'āmōrā. Etymology: < (i) post-biblical Hebrew 'āmōrā, specific use of 'ămōrā speaker, interpreter, and its etymon (ii) Aramaic 'āmōrā, emphatic form of 'āmōr < 'ămar to speak, to say, to tell, to command, cognate with Hebrew 'āmar, in the same senses. Compare post-classical Latin Amoraim (1572 or earlier), German Amoraim (1742 or earlier; also Amorajim, 1747 or earlier), plural nouns. In plural forms in -im after the Hebrew plural form 'ămōrā'īm. Jewish History. Usually in plural. Any of the Jewish scholars in Palestine and Babylon who interpreted the Mishnah between the 2nd and 5th centuries c.e. until the completion of the Talmud. ΚΠ 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) xii. xii. 187 To these succeeded the Amoraim, which were so named, because hain omerim memoroth, They vttered wise Sentences. 1725 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ IV. vii. xxxii. 179 The Amorajim, or Amoreans, that is, Commentators, began a new Explication of Traditions. 1917 Jewish Q. Rev. 7 423 Mr. Schesak assumes general characteristics for the Amoraim of the south, and if an Amora happens to possess these characteristics he is taken to belong to that group. 1973 Jewish Chron. 2 Feb. 22/4 Eventually the teachings of the Palestinian Amoraim were gathered together to form the Palestinian Talmud. 2011 AJS Rev. 29 72 The Amoraim overturned the accepted earlier practice of the wealthy bringing food in silver and gold baskets to a house of mourning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1617
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