תורה
See also: תּורה
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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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 edit
- (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/
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Noun edit
תּוֹרָה • (torá) f (plural indefinite תּוֹרוֹת, singular construct תּוֹרַת־, plural construct תּוֹרוֹת־)
- Torah, 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
- instruction, teaching
- 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
Ladino edit
Etymology 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