adjective
or mas·so·ret·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|red.ik ; also mas·o·ret·i·cal -d.ə̇kəl
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: masorete + -ic or -ical
: of or relating to the Masorah, a vast body of notes on the occurrence of words, features of writing, directions for pronunciation, variant sources, and other textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, written in the margins and at the end of texts by Jewish scribes between about A.D. 600 and the middle of the 10th century