תור

Aramaic

Etymology 1

Verb

תור • (transliteration needed)

1. to amaze, to wonder

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Hebrew שׁוֹר.

Noun

תּוֹר • (transliteration needed) m (plural תּוֹרָן)

1. bull, ox

   Synonym: תּוֹרָא

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /toʁ/

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Noun

תּוֹר • (tór) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים, plural construct תּוֹרֵי־)

1. A turn: one's opportunity to do something that not everyone can do at the same time.

   מתי תורי? ― matái torí? ― When is my turn?

   • Tanach, Esther 2:12, with translation of the King James Version:

     וּבְהַגִּיעַ תֹּר נַעֲרָה וְנַעֲרָה לָבוֹא אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

     uv'hagía' tór na'ará v'na'ará lavó el hamélekh akhashverósh

     Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus

2. A queue, a line: a sequence of people waiting for their turn to do something (either a physical line in which they stand, or a metaphorical one).

   אתה הבא בתור. ― atá habá batór. ― You are next in line.

3. (colloquial) An appointment: a scheduled time to do something.

   יש לי תור לרופא מחר. ― yésh lí tór larofé makhár. ― I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.

4. (geology) period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs)
5. period (a length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era)

   Synonym: תְּקוּפָה

   תור הזהב ― tór hazaháv ― the golden age

Usage notes

• The plural indefinite form תּוֹרוֹת (torót) also exists, especially for sense 1.

Declension

Declension of תּוֹר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	תּוֹר	first	תּוֹרִי		תּוֹרֵנוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹר	second	תּוֹרְךָ	תּוֹרֵךְ	תּוֹרְכֶם	תּוֹרְכֶן
	construct	תּוֹר־	third	תּוֹרוֹ	תּוֹרָהּ	תּוֹרָם	תּוֹרָן
plural	indefinite	תּוֹרוֹת	first	תורותיי / תּוֹרוֹתַי		תּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹרוֹת	second	תּוֹרוֹתֶיךָ	תורותייך / תּוֹרוֹתַיִךְ	תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶם	תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	תּוֹרוֹת־	third	תּוֹרוֹתָיו	תּוֹרוֹתֶיהָ	תּוֹרוֹתָם	תּוֹרוֹתָן
plural	indefinite	תּוֹרִים	first	תוריי / תּוֹרַי		תּוֹרֵינוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹרִים	second	תּוֹרֶיךָ	תורייך / תּוֹרַיִךְ	תּוֹרֵיכֶם	תּוֹרֵיכֶן
	construct	תּוֹרֵי־	third	תּוֹרָיו	תּוֹרֶיהָ	תּוֹרֵיהֶם	תּוֹרֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• בְּתוֹר (b'tór, “as”, literally “in line”)

Etymology 2

Noun

תּוֹר • (tor) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים)

1. turtle-dove
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 2:12, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:

     הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ; וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ.

     hanitsaním nir'ú ba'árets, et hazamír higía'; v'kól hatór nishmá' b'artsénu.

     The flowers have already appeared in the land, The time has arrived for pruning the vines;
     And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

References

• Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN

Anagrams

• רות