תורה
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See also: תּורה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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י־ר־ה (y-r-h) |
Representing a *tawrawat- prefixed from Proto-West Semitic *waraw- (“to throw, cast, lead, guide”).[1] Compare Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא (ʾōrayṯā), Ge'ez ኦሪት (ʾorit).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /toˈʁa/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /tow.rɔ/, /toj.rɔ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /t̪oˈɾa/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /tøˈrɔ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /toˈʀɔ/, [tʰoːˈʀ̟ɔː]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /t̪oːˈraː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]תּוֹרָה • (torá) f (plural indefinite תּוֹרוֹת, singular construct תּוֹרַת־, plural construct תּוֹרוֹת־)
- instruction, teaching
- Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses). Also known as the Law, the Pentateuch.
- Tanach, Joshua 1:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמַץ מְאֹד לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי אַל תָּסוּר מִמֶּנּוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ׃
- Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
- (Judaism) the Written Torah and Oral Torah; the Tanakh and Talmud
- theory
- תורת הקבוצות ― torát hak'vutsót ― set theory
- תורת היחסות ― torát hayakhasút ― the theory of relativity
- תורות הגזע ― torót hagéza ― racial theories
Derived terms
[edit]- דבר תורה
- מַתַּן תּוֹרָה (matán torá)
- ספר תורה
- שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה (simkhát torá)
- תורה שבכתב
- תורה שבעל־פה
- תּוֹרָנִי
- תּוֹרַת הָאִינְפוֹרְמַצְיָה (torát hainformátsya)
- תּוֹרַת הַקְּבוּצוֹת (torát hak'vutsót)
- תלמוד תורה
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: التَّوْرَاة (at-tawrāh)
- → Catalan: Torà
- → Chinese: 妥拉 (Tuǒlā)
- → Czech: Tóra
- → English: Torah
- → Esperanto: Torao
- → French: Thora
- → Hungarian: Tóra
- → Interlingua: Torah
- → Italian: Torà
- → Ladino: תורה, tora
- → Polish: Tora
- → Portuguese: Torá
- → Spanish: Torá
- → Yiddish: תּורה (toyre)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Huehnergard, John. "Proto-Semitic Language and Culture; Semitic Roots" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2066-2067
Ladino
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]תורה (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling tora)
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrā).
Proper noun
[edit]תורה • (torâ)
- (Judeo-Persian) the Torah
- 1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:
- וֿלי כֿייר וצוֿאב ועלם תורה
רוֿד המראה וֿיי תא נזד יך תא- vali xeyr o savâb o elm-e torâ
ravad hamrâh-e vey tâ nazd-e yek tâ - But kindness, good deeds and the knowledge of the Torah
Will accompany him all the way to God.
- vali xeyr o savâb o elm-e torâ
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