טורא

Aramaic

Etymology

Related to Arabic ظُرَر‎ (ẓurar), ظِرّ‎ (ẓirr), Hebrew צוּר‎ (tsúr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤurɑ/

Noun

טוּרָא • (ṭūrā) m (plural טוּרַיּאָ‎)

  1. mountain, hill
    • Joshua 2:4, with translation of the New International Version:
      ‏וּמַיָא תְּקִיפוּ לַחדָּא לַחדָּא עַל אַרעָא וְאִיתחֲפִיאוּ כָּל טוּרַיָא רָמַיָא דִּתחוֹת כָּל שְׁמַיָא‎
      And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered

Inflection
    declension of טורא
singular plural
absolute טוּר‎ טוּרִין‎
construct טוּר‎ טוּרֵי‎
emphatic טוּרָא‎ טוּרַיָּא‎

References

“ṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

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