Torah
/ˈtɔːɹə/
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Multicultural London English[ˈtʊɹɑ]
Torah proper noun: the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
Proper noun
the Torah
- The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
- Holonyms: Tanakh, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Bible, Septuagint
- Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Synonyms:
- Five Books of Moses, Books of Moses, Chumash, Law, Pentateuch
- 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.
Noun
Torah (plural Torahs or Torot or Toroth)
- A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
- Holonyms: Old Testament, Tanakh
- An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
- Synonyms:
- Sefer Torah
- A book containing the five books of Moses.
- There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.
Torah meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
Torah in Hindi
- the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law
- तौरात taurāt
Torah in Urdu
- the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law
- تورات taurāt, تَوریت tauret
Torah in Bengali
- the Five Books of Moses - the full body of Jewish law
- তৌরাত tōurat
Torah in Malayalam
- Torah
- തോറ tōṟa
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- Torah in Arabic
- اَلتَّوْرَاة at-tawrāh
- Torah in Malay
- Taurat
- Torah in Indonesian
- Taurat
- Torah in Persian
- تورات towrât
Examples of Torah in a sentence
- 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.2008, Walid A. Saleh, “A Fifteenth-Century Muslim Hebraist: Al-Biqāʿī and His Defense of Using the Bible to Interpret the Qurʾān”, in...
- 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...
Synonyms of Torah
Forms of Torah
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Toráh |
| alternative form | Torāh |
| alternative form | Tōrāh |
| Noun | |
| plural | Torahs |
| plural | Torot |
| plural | Toroth |
Origin of Torah
Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrā, “instruction, law or teaching”).
Words formed from Torah
- bittul Torah
- D'var Torah
- Oral Torah
- Torahic
- Written Torah
Phrases with Torah
Words that rhyme with Torah
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Questions about Torah
- What does Torah mean?
- Torah means the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
- What is Torah in Hindi?
- Torah in Hindi is तौरात (taurāt). See Torah meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Torah in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is Torah?
- Torah can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Torah?
- Torah is pronounced /ˈtɔːɹə/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Torah (page history and authors); തോറ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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