Masorah, the
Masorah, the the collection of information and comment on the text of the traditional Hebrew Bible by the Masoretes, Jewish scholars of the 6th to 10th centuries ad who contributed to the establishment of a recognized text of the Hebrew Bible, with pointing and accents to indicate its pronunciation, and to the compilation of the Masorah.
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