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Torah

Torah

English

Proper noun

Torah

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

Synonyms

(Five Books of Moses): Pentateuch

Translations

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

Arabic: تَوْرَاة f ‎(tawrāh)
Aramaic: אוֹרַיְתָא f ‎(ʾōrayṯā)
Armenian: Տոռա ‎(Toṙa)
Belarusian: Тора f ‎(Tóra)
Bengali: তৌরাত ‎(taurat)
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
Esperanto: Leĝo de Moseo, Torao
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)
Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎‎ f ‎(torá)

Hindi: तोरा (hi) m ‎(torā)
Hungarian: Tóra
Indonesian: Taurat
Irish: Tórá m
Italian: Torà f
Japanese: トーラー ‎(Tōrā)
Korean: 토라 ‎(Tora)
Ladino: Torá f
Persian: تورات (fa) ‎(Towrât)
Polish: Tora (pl) f
Portuguese: Torá f
Russian: То́ра (ru) f ‎(Tóra)
Spanish: Torá (es) f, Toráh f
Tajik: Таврот ‎(Tavrot), Турот ‎(Turot)
Tatar: Тәурат ‎(Täurat)
Turkish: Tevrat (tr)
Ukrainian: Тора f ‎(Tóra)
Yiddish: תּורה f ‎(toyre)

Noun

Torah ‎(plural Torahs)

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.
A book containing the five books of Moses.
There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

Thora

torah

Torah

English

Proper noun

Torah

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

Synonyms

(Five Books of Moses): Pentateuch

Translations

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

Arabic: تَوْرَاة f ‎(tawrāh)
Aramaic: אוֹרַיְתָא f ‎(ʾōrayṯā)
Armenian: Տոռա ‎(Toṙa)
Belarusian: Тора f ‎(Tóra)
Bengali: তৌরাত ‎(taurat)
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
Esperanto: Leĝo de Moseo, Torao
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)
Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎‎ f ‎(torá)

Hindi: तोरा (hi) m ‎(torā)
Hungarian: Tóra
Indonesian: Taurat
Irish: Tórá m
Italian: Torà f
Japanese: トーラー ‎(Tōrā)
Korean: 토라 ‎(Tora)
Ladino: Torá f
Persian: تورات (fa) ‎(Towrât)
Polish: Tora (pl) f
Portuguese: Torá f
Russian: То́ра (ru) f ‎(Tóra)
Spanish: Torá (es) f, Toráh f
Tajik: Таврот ‎(Tavrot), Турот ‎(Turot)
Tatar: Тәурат ‎(Täurat)
Turkish: Tevrat (tr)
Ukrainian: Тора f ‎(Tóra)
Yiddish: תּורה f ‎(toyre)

Noun

Torah ‎(plural Torahs)

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.
A book containing the five books of Moses.
There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

Synonyms

See also

Anagrams

Thora