English
Etymology
From Hebrew תּוֹרָה (“instruction, law or teaching”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Torah
- The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
- Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
- The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.
- It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.
- The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
- The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.
Synonyms
Translations
the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law
- Arabic: تَوْرَاة f (tawrāh), تَوْرَىٰة m (tawrāh) (archaic)
- Aramaic: אוֹרַיְתָא f (ʾōrayṯā)
- Armenian: Տոռա (Toṙa)
- Belarusian: То́ра f (Tóra)
- Bengali: তৌরাত (tōurat)
- Catalan: Torà f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 妥拉 (to5 laai1), 托拉 (tok3 laai1), 托辣 (tok3 laat6)
- Mandarin: 托辣 (Tuōlà), 妥拉 (Tuǒlā), 托拉 (Tuōlā)
- Czech: Tóra (cs) f
- Danish: Tora c
- Dinka: Lööŋwëët
- Dutch: Thora (nl) f
- Esperanto: Leĝo de Moseo, Torao
- Finnish: toora (fi) (law), pentateukki (five books)
- French: Thora (fr) f
- Georgian: თორა (tora)
- German: Tora (de) f, Thora (de) f, Torah (de) f
- Greek: Τορά (el) f (Torá), Πεντάτευχος (el) f (Pentátefchos)
- Hausa: Attaura
- Hebrew: תּוֹרָה (he) f (torá)
- Hindi: तोरा (hi) m (torā), तौरेत (hi) m (tauret)
- Hungarian: Tóra
- Indonesian: Taurat
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- Interlingua: Torah
- Irish: Tórá m
- Italian: Torà f
- Japanese: トーラー (Tōrā)
- Korean: 토라 (Tora)
- Ladino: Torá f, תּורה f
- Latvian: Tora f
- Lithuanian: Tora f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Tora (no) f
- Nynorsk: Torá f
- Persian: تورات (fa) (towrât)
- Polish: Tora (pl) f
- Portuguese: Torá f
- Russian: То́ра (ru) f (Tóra)
- Serbo-Croatian: Тора f, Tora (sh) f
- Slovak: Tóra f
- Spanish: Torá (es) f, Toráh f
- Swedish: Torah c
- Tajik: Таврот (Tavrot), Турот (Turot)
- Tatar: Тәурат (Täwrat)
- Turkish: Tevrat (tr)
- Ukrainian: То́ра f (Tóra)
- Uyghur: تەۋرات (tewrat)
- Yiddish: תּורה f (toyre)
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Noun
Torah (plural Torahs)
- A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
- An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
- A book containing the five books of Moses.
- There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.
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