תורה

See also: תּורה‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ר־ה‎ (y-r-h)

Representing a *tawrawat- prefixed from Proto-West Semitic *waraw- (“to throw, cast, lead, guide”). Compare Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא‎ (ʾōrayṯā), Ge'ez ኦሪት (ʾorit).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /toˈʁa/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /toj.rɔ/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t̪oˈɾa/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /tøˈrɔ/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /toˈʀɔ/ [tʰoːˈʀ̟ɔː]
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /t̪oːˈraː/

Noun

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

Torah, the Law, the Pentateuch
- 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.
instruction, teaching
- Proverbs 31:26
  ‏פִּיהָ פָּתְחָה בְחָכְמָה וְתוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ׃‎‎
  She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
theory
‏תורת הקבוצות‎ ― torát hak'vutsót ― set theory
‏תורת היחסות‎ ― torát hayakhasút ― the theory of relativity
‏תורות הגזע‎ ― torót hagéza ― racial theories

Derived terms

דבר תורה‎
מַתַּן תּוֹרָה‎ (matán torá)
ספר תורה‎
שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎ (simkhát torá)
תורה שבכתב‎
תורה שבעל־פה‎
תּוֹרָנִי‎
תּוֹרַת הַקְּבוּצוֹת‎ (torát hak'vutsót)
תלמוד תורה‎

Descendants

→ Arabic: التَّوْرَاة‎ (at-tawrāh)
→ Catalan: Torà
→ Chinese: 妥拉
→ 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)

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew תורה‎ (torá).

Proper noun

תורה (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling tora)

(Judaism) Torah