torah

/ˈtɔːɹə/

name 4noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

celebrated, early, greater, lovely, new, oral, regardless, required

VERB + TORAH

become, connects, copy, finish, holds, learned, leather-bound, reading

TORAH + NOUN

ashkenazi, bookshelf, communities, fo, jews, lot, portion, sunday

PREP.

down, in, in, on, on, than, up

Definitions

name

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.

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

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.

A book containing the five books of Moses.

There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

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Synonyms

noun — the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures compri

pentateuch
laws

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Holonyms: Tanakh, Hebrew Bible, Jewish Bible, Septuagint

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Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.

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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. The ruling that prescribed stoning the adulterer was in the Torah fo

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Holonyms: Old Testament, Tanakh

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An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.

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There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.

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