תורה

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See also: תּורה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ר־ה (y-r-h)

From Proto-Semitic *tawrawat-, from verbal root w-r-w "to throw, cast, lead, guide"[1]. Compare Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא (ʾōrayṯā), Ge'ez ኦሪት (ʾorit). Arabic تَوْرَاة (tawrāh) is a Hebrew borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toˈʁa/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ashkenazi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toj.rɔ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Sephardi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toˈra/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /tøːˈrɔː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tiberian" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toːˈrɔː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Biblical Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toːˈraː/

Noun

תּוֹרָה • (torá) f (plural indefinite תּוֹרוֹת, singular construct תּוֹרַת־, plural construct תּוֹרוֹת־)

  1. Torah, the Law, the Pentateuch
    • Tanach, Joshua 1:7:
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      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.
  2. instruction, teaching
    • Tanach, Proverbs 31:26:
      פִּיהָ פָּתְחָה בְחָכְמָה וְתוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ׃
      She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
  3. theory
    תורת הקבוצות ― torát hak'vutsót ― Set Theory
    תורת היחסות ― torát hayakhasút ― the Theory of Relativity
    תורות הגזע ― torót hagéza ― racial theories

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תורה (tora).

Proper noun

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  1. (Judaism) Torah
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