sabora

noun

sa·​bo·​ra

säˈbȯ(ˌ)rä

plural saboraim

ˌsäbōˈräˌim

often capitalized

: one of the Jewish rabbis active in the Babylonian academies during the 6th century who completed the revision of the Babylonian Talmud compare amora, tanna

Word History

Etymology

Aramaic sābhōrā, literally, thinker, from sěbhār to think, intend

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