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Gemara Intro Words
50 Gemara Intro words- part I of II
Question | Answer |
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תנא/תנאים | Rebbe/Rabbeim from the times of the Mishna |
אמורא/אמוראים | Rebbe/ Rabbeim from the times of the Gemara |
עמוד | One side of a page |
דף | Both sides of the page |
סוגיא | Topic |
שקלא וטריא | Give & Take/Discussion |
שאלה | Question (Information seeking question) |
קושיא | Difficulty (Information based question) |
תירוץ | Answer |
מימרא | Statement |
ראיה | Proof |
דחיה | Disproof |
סתירה | Contradiction/Razing |
ברייתא | Statement from a Tanna not in the Mishnayos |
הוא אמינא | What I would have thought |
מסקנא | Conclusion |
הכא | Here |
התם | There |
ורמינהו | And they asked a contradiction (Tanna on Tanna) |
תניא | We learnt in a Braisa |
...ד | That... |
כולי עלמא | (lit. The whole world) Everyone |
תו | More |
אזיל | Go |
איבעיא | Ask (2 sided question) |
ליה | To him |
להו | To them |
מהו | What’s the Halacha |
אם תמצא לומר | If you want to say (option 1) |
או דילמא | Or perhaps (option 2) |
חד | One |
בעי | Ask/Need/Want |
תא שמע | Come and Hear |
מיתיבי | They asked a Kasha (from a Tanna) |
דיוק | Inference |
שמע מינה | Hear from here/it |
נמי | Also |
תנו רבנן | Our Rabbis Taught in a Braisa |
למימרא | [Does it mean] To Say!? |
דמי | Similar to |
קמא | First |
בתרא | Last |
איתמר | It was said (Statement; Generally intro to Mach. Amor.) |
כוותיה | Like him |
אימא | I will say |
תימא/לימא/נימא | You will say/ Let’s/We will say |
תיובתא | K.O. (Knockout) [Up Shlug] |
...א | On... |
בשלמא | It is good |
איכא/איתא | There is |