noun
also ta·na ˈtä(ˌ)nä
( plural tanna·im also tana·im ˌtänäˈim, -näˈēm)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Hebrew tannā' teacher, tanna, from Aramaic tĕnā to repeat, teach
: one of the rabbis of Palestine during the first two centuries A.D. whose interpretations of biblical law and Hebrew oral tradition are recorded in the Mishnah, Tosephta, and other works together with their parables and homiletic comments on Scripture — compare amora , sabora