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Torah

Syllabification: (To·rah)
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Definition of Torah

noun

(usually the Torah)
  • (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch).
  • a scroll containing this.

Origin:

from Hebrew tōrāh 'instruction, doctrine, law', from yārāh 'show, direct, instruct'

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