Tora

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

• IPA^(key): /toːˈraː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: To‧ra
• Rhymes: -aː

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)

   Synonym: Pentateuch

• Tenach

• Torá

Tora f (Hebrew spelling תורה)^[1]

1. (Abrahamism) Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses)

   Synonym: Pentateuk

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], volumes 26–28, page 40:

     El publiko al kual eran destinados los livros “Hinuh la’noar”, “Maase Hoshev” i “Leshon Limudim” era el de los ninyos ke studiavan en las eskolas de Talmud de Tora i de l’Alliance.

     The audience to whom the books ‘Hinuh la’noar’, ‘Maase Hoshev’, and ‘Leshon Limudim’ were addressed was the children who were studying in the Talmud, Torah, and l’Alliance schools.

2. Torah (Jewish law)
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[2], Editions Vidas Largas, page 60:

     Era kaje syempre paezajes, la reproduksyon de las formas umanas estando defendidas por la Tora para no enkorajar el pekado de idolatria.

     It was almost always landscapes, the reproduction of human forms being prohibited by the Torah so as to not encourage the sin of idolatry.

From Old Norse Þóra, a female form of Þórr, or a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Tóra and Icelandic Þóra.

Tora f

1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Tore

• Tor

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 363

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: To‧ra

Tora f

1. (Judaism) Torah (Five Books of Moses)

   Synonyms: Pentateuch, Pięcioksiąg

2. Torah (full body of Jewish law)
3. Torah (whole of Jewish law, both written and unwritten)

• “Tora”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Tora”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• “Tora”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

• Hyphenation: To‧ra

Tora f

1. alternative form of Torá

• Torah

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

Tora c

1. (Judaism) Torah

Sometimes in the definite Toran.

• tora (“a Torah”)

• jude (“Jew”)
• judendom (“Judaism”)
• rabbin (“rabbi”)
• synagoga (“synagogue”)

From Old Norse.

Tora c (genitive Toras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thora, short for names beginning with Tor-

• Tor
• Thyra, Tyra, Tove

• “tora”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tora”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• roat