säˈbȯ(ˌ)rä noun
( plural sabora·im ˌsäbōˈräˌim)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Aramaic sābhōrā, literally, thinker, from sěbhār to think, intend
: 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