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Gaon
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gaon
English
Geonim
Etymology
From en he גָּאוֹן Hebr grandeur, majesty, genius ga'ón.
Pronunciation
en /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/ /ɡɑːˈ(ʔ)oʊn/
en /ɡɔɪn/ [ɡɔʏn] [ɡœʏn] Ashkenazi
en /ˈɡeɪɑn/ /ˈɡeɪən/ Anglicized
Noun
Gaonim Geonim s
en historical Judaism A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia
1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy
The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses.
1996, Roger Friedland, Richard Hecht, To Rule Jerusalem
Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.
1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine
The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqūlī (al-ʻĀqūla, the ancient Aramaic name for Kūfa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew..
Derived terms
en gaonate Gaonic
Anagrams
en agno Gano Goan Nago Noga agon goan