Torah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew תּוֹרָה‎ (tōrā, “instruction, law or teaching”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tôrə, IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Proper noun

Torah

1. The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.

   Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.

2. The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.

   It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.

3. The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
4. The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.

Synonyms

• (Five Books of Moses): Pentateuch

Derived terms

• Torahic

Translations

the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law

• Arabic: اَلتَّوْرَاة‎ f (at-tawrāh)

  Hijazi Arabic: التَّوراة‎ f (at-tawrā, at-tawrāt)

• Aramaic: אוֹרַיְתָא‎ f (ʾōrayṯā)
• Armenian: Թորա (Tʿora)
• Azerbaijani: Tövrat
• Belarusian: То́ра f (Tóra)
• Bengali: তৌরাত (tōurat)
• Catalan: Torà f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 妥拉 (to⁵ laai¹), 托拉 (tok³ laai¹), 托辣 (tok³ laat⁶)

  Mandarin: 托辣 (Tuōlà), 妥拉 (Tuǒlā), 托拉 (Tuōlā)

• Czech: Tóra (cs) f
• Danish: Tora c
• Dinka: Lööŋwëët
• Dutch: Thora (nl) f
• Esperanto: Leĝo de Moseo, Torao
• Estonian: Toora
• Finnish: toora (fi) (law), pentateukki (five books)
• French: Thora (fr) f
• Georgian: თორა (tora)
• German: Tora (de) f, Thora (de) f, Torah (de) f
• Greek: Τορά (el) f (Torá), Πεντάτευχος (el) f (Pentátefchos)
• Hausa: Attaura
• Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎ (he) f (torá)
• Hindi: तोरा (hi) m (torā), तौरेत (hi) m (tauret)
• Hungarian: Tóra
• Indonesian: Taurat
• Interlingua: Torah
• Irish: Tórá m
• Italian: Torà f
• Japanese: トーラー (Tōrā)
• Kazakh: Тәурат (Täurat)
• Khmer: តូរ៉ា (touraa)
• Korean: 토라 (Tora)
• Ladino: Torá f, תּורה‎ f
• Latvian: Tora f
• Lithuanian: Tora f
• Malay: Taurat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tora (no) f

  Nynorsk: Torá f

• Persian: تورات‎ (fa) (towrât)
• Polish: Tora (pl) f
• Portuguese: Torá f, Tora f
• Russian: То́ра (ru) f (Tóra)
• Serbo-Croatian: Тора f, Tora (sh) f
• Slovak: Tóra f
• Spanish: Torá (es) f, Toráh f
• Swedish: Torah (sv) c
• Tajik: Таврот (Tavrot), Турот (Turot)
• Tatar: Тәурат (Täwrat)
• Turkish: Tevrat (tr)
• Ukrainian: То́ра f (Tóra)
• Urdu: تورات‎ (ur) m (taurāt), تَورَیت‎ m (taurait)
• Uyghur: تەۋرات‎ (tewrat)
• Uzbek: Tavrot
• Yiddish: תּורה‎ f (toyre)

Noun

Torah (plural Torahs or Torot or Toroth)

1. A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.

   An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.

2. A book containing the five books of Moses.

   There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

Synonyms

• Books of Moses
• the Law
• Pentateuch
• Sefer Torah

See also

• Ketuvim
• Nevi'im
• Chumash
• Old Testament
• Tanakh
• Septuagint
• Talmud

Anagrams

• Horta, Ratho, Roath, Thora