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tny, tnyˀ, tnˀ (tannāy/tannā, tannāyā) n.m. tanna
1
tanna : rabbinic teacher of the mishnaic period
Gal, JBA
PTNed 36.c:63[2]↗ תרין תניין אינון‏ : there are two Tannaitic scholars ; PTBQ 2.b:20[2]↗ דאית לתנוייה סגין מילין‏ : the scholar has many matters (to include) ; BT Šab 80b(36)↗ מאן תאנא דחול מעלי ליה לסיד‏ : who is the Tanna (who maintains) that sand is beneficial for lime?
2
arranger or transmitter of a Tannaitic text
Gal, JBA
PTBer 4.c:51[2]↗ אית תניי תני‏ : there is a tanna who learns ; PTPes 34.b:28[2]↗ תנייה חש לון ותנ{נ}תון חמשה‏ : the tanna was sensitive to them (i.e. both opinions), and he learned them (in our Mishna) as five ; BT Sot 22a(8)↗ ^ותאני^ תנא̇{{י}}̇ ולא ידע מאי דתאני‏ : the tanna recites tradition and does not know what he is reciting?
3
traditionary
Gal
VR 690:7(1)↗ דהוה קריי ותניי קרוב ופויטס‏ : he was knowledgeable in the Bible and Tannaitic material, a leader of prayer, and a poet
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The form תניאני (DJBA 1223a) is best taken as an unusual or secondary plural of this word.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 586bDJBA: 1215aJastrow: 1679

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