תורה

See also: תּורה‎

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־ה‎ (y-r-h)

Representing a *tawrawat- prefixed from Proto-West Semitic *waraw- (“to throw, cast, lead, guide”). Compare Aramaic אוֹרַיְתָא‎ (ʾōrayṯā), Ge'ez ኦሪት (ʾorit).

תּוֹרָה • (torá) f (plural indefinite תּוֹרוֹת‎, singular construct תּוֹרַת־‎, plural construct תּוֹרוֹת־‎)

Torah, the Law, the Pentateuch
- Joshua 1:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏רַק חֲזַק וֶאֱמַץ מְאֹד לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ מֹשֶׁה עַבְדִּי אַל תָּסוּר מִמֶּנּוּ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאול לְמַעַן תַּשְׂכִּיל בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ׃‎‎
  Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
instruction, teaching
- Proverbs 31:26
  ‏פִּיהָ פָּתְחָה בְחָכְמָה וְתוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ׃‎‎
  She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
theory
‏תורת הקבוצות‎ ― torát hak'vutsót ― set theory

‏תורת היחסות‎ ― torát hayakhasút ― the theory of relativity

‏תורות הגזע‎ ― torót hagéza ― racial theories

From Hebrew תורה‎ (torá).

תורה (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling tora)

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