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Definition of Massorete

Massorete
Masoret Mas"o*ret, n. A Masorite. [Written also Masorete, and Massorete.]

Meaning of Massorete from wikipedia

- The Masoretes (Hebrew: בַּעֲלֵי הַמָּסוֹרָה, romanized: Baʿălēy Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Masters of the Tradition') were groups of Jewish scribe-scholars who worked...
- Stuttgart : Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1984. Elie Lévita; humaniste et m****orète (1469–1549); Verf.: Gérard E. Weil; Leiden : Brill, 1963 (Schriftenreihe...
- variant readings which were not fully expunged from Biblical texts when the M****oretes began their work." END QUOTE. Cf. Tractate Soferim 6:5: "In three [places]...