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Torah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • tôrə
  • /ˈtɔːɹə/
  • [ˈtʊɹɑ] (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.
    • Holonyms: Old Testament, Tanakh
  2. A book containing the five books of Moses.
    • There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Toroth Number=Plur lexicographic
Toráh alternative lexicographic
Torahs Number=Plur lexicographic
Tōrāh alternative lexicographic
Torāh alternative lexicographic
Torot Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

Talmud

Synonyms

Sefer Torah

Torah en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • tôrə
  • /ˈtɔːɹə/
  • [ˈtʊɹɑ] (Multicultural-London-English)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • The Jews were denying that the punishment was stoning, and Muhammad demanded to see a copy of the Torah and that it be read to him. The ruling that prescribed stoning the adulterer was in the Torah for all to see, and Muhammad was vindicated. Al-Biqāʿī also cites a different version of the same report in which Muhammad placed the Torah on a cushion as a sign of respect. 2008, Walid A. Saleh, “A Fifteenth-Century Muslim Hebraist: Al-Biqāʿī and His Defense of Using the Bible to Interpret the Qurʾān”, in Speculum, volume 83, number 3, The University of Chicago Press, page 644:
    • Holonyms: Tanakh, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Bible, Septuagint
    • 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. 2019 October 8, Christina Maxouris and Doug Criss, “Everything you wanted to know about Yom Kippur”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2019:
  2. (Judaism) 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. (Judaism) The whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten.
  4. (Judaism) The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
the Torah canonical lexicographic
Torāh alternative lexicographic
Toráh alternative lexicographic
Tōrāh alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Written Torah · bittul Torah · Torahic · D'var Torah · Oral Torah

Meronyms

Genesis · Exodus · Numbers · Leviticus · Deuteronomy

Relateds

Ketuvim · Nevi'im

Synonyms

Pentateuch · Books of Moses · Law · Five Books of Moses · Chumash

Translations (77)

da Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ckb تەورات (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · din Lööŋwëët (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · bhh Tūro (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · cmn 妥拉 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · lad Torá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · pt Torá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · lv Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · km តូរ៉ា (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · eo Leĝo de Moseo (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · el Πεντάτευχος (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · sh Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ota سفر (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · id Taurat (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · arc אוֹרַיְתָא (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · fr Thora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · sk Tóra (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · pt Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · uk То́ра (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · fi pentateukki (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · fa تورات (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · yue 妥拉 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · eo Torao (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · fi toora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · el Τορά (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · sh Тора (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ar اَلتَّوْرَاة (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · hy Թորա (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · fr Torah (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · sv Torah (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · cs Tóra (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · tg Таврот (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · pl Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · sv Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · uz Tavrot (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · yue 托拉 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · de Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ko 토라 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · cmn 托拉 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · hu Tóra (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · yue 托辣 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · kk Тәурат (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · be То́ра (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · de Torah (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · nl Thora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · tt Тәурат (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ru То́ра (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · tr Tevrat (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ast Torá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · yi תּורה (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · cmn 托辣 (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ja トーラー (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ur تَوریت (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ga Tórá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · it Torà (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · tg Турот (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · he תּוֹרָה (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · lt Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · es Torá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ba Тәүрат (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · acw التَّوراة (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ca Torà (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · bn তৌরাত (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · es Torah (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · lad תּורה (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · et Toora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ms Taurat (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ha Attaura (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ka თორა (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ur تورات (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · de Thora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ia Torah (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · ug تەۋرات (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · hi तौरात (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · nb Tora (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · az Tövrat (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law) · nn Torá (the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law)