תורה

See also: תּורה

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־ה (y-r-h)

Representing a *tawrawat- prefixed from Proto-West Semitic *waraw- (“to throw, cast, lead, guide”).^[1] Compare Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא (ʾōrayṯā), Ge'ez ኦሪት (ʾorit).

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

instruction, teaching
Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses). Also known as 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
- Tanach, 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

^ Huehnergard, John. "Proto-Semitic Language and Culture; Semitic Roots" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2066-2067

From Hebrew תורה (torá).

תורה (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling tora)

תורה • (torâ)