Mish|nah

Mish|nah
Mish|nah or Mish|na «MIHSH nuh», noun.
1. the collection of interpretations and discussions of the law of Moses by the rabbis, codified about 200 A.D.; oral law of the Jews. The Mishnah is written in Hebrew and forms the basic part of the Talmud.
2. a section or paragraph of this collection.
[< Hebrew mishnåh instruction < shånåh he learned; earlier, he repeated]

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