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Torah

See also: torah, Toráh, Torāh, and Tōrāh

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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the Torah

  2. The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally 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.
    • 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.
  3. 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.
  4. The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
  5. The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.

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Translations

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

Noun

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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.

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Torah f

  1. (Judaism) Torah

German

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Torah f (genitive Torah, no plural)

  1. Alternative spelling of Thora

Declension

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Declension of Torah [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Torah
genitive einer der Torah
dative einer der Torah
accusative eine die Torah

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Torah f

  1. Alternative spelling of Torá

Swedish

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Torah c

  1. (Judaism) Alternative spelling of Tora (“Torah”)

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