GEMARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gemara mean? 

• GEMARA (noun)
  The noun GEMARA has 1 sense:

1. the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna

  Familiarity information: GEMARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEMARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Holonyms ("Gemara" is a part of...):

Talmud (the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism)