תורה

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תורה

/toːˈraː/
/toːˈrɔː/ [tʰoːˈʀɔː]
/tøˈrɔ/ [tʰøːˈrɔː]
[tʰeːˈrɔː]
/toˈra/
/towˈrɔ/
/tojˈrɔ/
/toˈʁa/ Modern Israeli

Rhymes with -ɔ

Where it comes from

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

noun תּוֹרָה · torá · תּוֹרוֹת · תּוֹרַת־ · תּוֹרוֹת־

instruction, teaching
Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses). Also known as the Law, the Pentateuch. רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמַץ מְאֹד לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי אַל תָּסוּר מִמֶּנּוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ׃
Judaism the Written Torah and Oral Torah; the Tanakh and Talmud פִּיהָ פָּתְחָה בְחׇכְמָה וְתוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ׃
theory תורת הקבוצות

In English

theory a coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena
Torah the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law
Pentateuch first five books of the Bible

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {תורה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}