Torah
noun/ˈtɔːrə/, /tɔːˈrɑː/
/ˈtɔːrə/
[usually singular, uncountable] (usually the Torah)
- (in Judaism) the law of God as given to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the BibleTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom Hebrew tōrāh ‘instruction, doctrine, law’, from yārāh ‘show, direct, instruct’.
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