torah

1. 1.

   the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

   Broadersacred text
2. 2.

   the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

   SynonymsPentateuchLaws

   Broadersacred text

   Part ofTanakhOld Testament

   PartsGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
3. 3.

   (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services

   Broaderscroll

   Judaism

Other forms of torah

plural

torahs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about torah

What does torah mean?

torah means "the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in torah?

torah has 2 syllables: to-rah. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɔɹə/.

What is another word for torah?

Close synonyms include Pentateuch, Laws. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is torah a common word?

torah is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.