Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹרָה‎ tôwrâh (to-raw') instruction ^H:N-F
or תֹּרָה tôrâh (to-raw'); from ‎יָרָה‎

law.

• a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

1) law, direction, instruction
1a) instruction, direction (human or divine)
1a1) body of prophetic teaching
1a2) instruction in Messianic age
1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction
1a4) body of legal directives
1b) law
1b1) law of the burnt offering
1b2) of special law, codes of law
1c) custom, manner
1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺרָה‎ noun feminine^{Deut 1:5} direction, instruction, law (possibly in first instance from casting lots, We^{G i, 470; H 394} (less confidently We^{Skizzen iii, 167}), SS Sm^{AT Rel. Geschichte. 36} Benz^{Archaeology 408} Now^{Archaeology ii, 97, opposed to by} Kö^{Offenb. ii, 347} Baud^{Priesterthum 207}); — ‎׳‎‎ת‎, Exod 12:49 + 88 t.; construct ‎תּוֺרַת‎ Exod 13:9 + 65 t.; suffixes ‎תּוֺרָתִי‎ Ps 78:1 + 16 t.; ‎תֹּרָר֯תְךָ‎ Jer 32:23 ‎תֹּרָתוֺ‎ Jer 44:23 + 34 t. suffixes; plural ‎תּוֺרוֺת‎ Neh 9:13 ‎תּוֺרֹת‎ Isa 24:5 + 2 t.; suffix ‎תּוֺרֹתַי‎ Ezek 44:24 ‎תּוֺרֹתָ֯ו‎ Ezek 43:11; Ezek 44:5 + 5 t. suffixes; —

1. instruction:
a. human: of a mother Prov 1:8; Prov 6:20; Prov 6:23 of a father Prov 3:1; Prov 4:2; Prov 7:2 of sages Prov 13:14; Prov 28:4 (twice in verse); Prov 28:7; Prov 28:9; Prov 29:18 of a poet Ps 78:1 ‎תּוֺרַת חֶסֶד‎ kind instruction (of a wise wife) Prov 31:26.
b. divine || ‎אֲמָרִים‎ Job 22:22 through his servants Isa 30:9; Jer 8:8 || ‎אִמְרָה‎ Isa 5:24 || ‎דָּבָר‎ Isa 1:10 || ‎תְּעוּדָה‎ Isa 8:16; Isa 8:20 || ‎חָזוֺן‎ Lam 2:9 plural ‎תורות‎ Dan 9:10.
c. a body of prophetic (or sometimes perhaps priestly) teaching Isa 42:21; Isa 42:24; Jer 9:12*; Jer 16:11 in the heart Isa 51:7; Ps 37:31; Ps 40:9* || ‎משׁפט‎ Hab 1:4 || ‎משׁפטים‎ Ps 89:31* || ‎דְּבָרִים‎ Jer 6:19; Jer 26:4; Zech 7:12 || ‎חקים‎ Amos 2:4 || ‎חקות‎ Jer 44:10; Jer 44:23 myriads of precepts Hos 8:12.
d. instruction in Messianic age Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:4; Isa 42:4; Isa 51:4; Jer 31:33.
e. a body of priestly direction or instruction relating to sacred things Hos 4:6; Jer 2:8; Jer 18:18; Ezek 7:26; Hag 2:11; Mal 2:6; Mal 2:7; Mal 2:8; Mal 2:9; Zeph 3:4; Ezek 22:26 || ‎לֹא תוֺרָה‎ ‎לֹא כֹּחֵן מוֺרֶה‎ 2Chr 15:3.

2. law (properly direction): namely
a. of special laws, singular of Feast of Maƒƒoth Exod 13:9 (J), sabbath Exod 16:4 (J); of direction given by priests in particular case Deut 17:11 of statutes of priest's code Exod 12:49 (P), Lev 6:2*; Lev 6:7*; Lev 6:18*; Lev 7:1; Lev 7:7; Lev 7:11; Lev 7:37; Lev 11:46; Lev 12:7; Lev 13:59; Lev 14:2; Lev 14:32; Lev 14:54; Lev 14:57; Lev 15:32; Lev 6:13*; Lev 6:21* (twice in verse); Num 15:16; Num 15:29; Num 19:2; Num 19:14; Num 31:21 (P); ‎תּוֺרַת הַבָּיִת‎ Ezek 43:12 (twice in verse); ‎לְמִעְוָךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎בֵּין ח‎ 2Chr 19:10 plural ‎תּוֺרוֺת‎ laws, || ‎חקים‎ Exod 18:16; Exod 18:20 (E; of decisions in civil cases given by Moses), Ps 105:45 || ‎מצות‎ Exod 16:28 (J); || ‎מצות‎, ‎חקות‎ Gen 26:5 (J); || ‎חקים‎ ‎משׁפטים‎ Lev 26:46 (H); || ‎ברית‎, ‎חק‎ Isa 24:5 || ‎משׁפטים‎, ‎חקים‎, ‎מצות‎ Neh 9:13 the laws of the new temple Ezek 43:11; Ezek 44:5; Ezek 44:24 those laws in which men should walk Jer 32:23 (Kt).
b. of codes of law, (1) ‎הַתּוֺרָה‎ as written in the code of the covenant, || ‎הַמִּצְוָה‎ Exod 24:12 (E); ‎ספר תּוֺרַת אלהים‎ Josh 24:26 (E); probably also Deut 33:4, || ‎משׁפטים‎ vDeut 33:10, || ‎בְּרִית‎ Hos 8:1; Ps 78:10, || ‎עֵדוּת‎ vPs 78:5 (2) the law of the Deuteronomic code, in D and Deuteronomic sections of Kings and sources of Chronicles, ‎הַתּוֺרָה הַזּאֹת‎ Deut 1:5; Deut 4:8; Deut 4:44; Deut 17:18; Deut 31:9; Deut 31:11 ‎הזאת‎ ‎׳‎‎דִּבְרֵי הַתּ‎ Deut 27:26; Deut 31:24, + ‎כל‎ Deut 17:19; Deut 27:3; Deut 27:8; Deut 28:58; Deut 29:28*; Deut 31:12; Deut 32:46 ‎הזאת‎ ‎׳‎‎סֵפֶר הַתּ‎ Deut 28:61 ‎ספר התורה הזה‎ Deut 29:20*; Deut 30:10; Deut 31:26; Josh 1:8 ‎ספר התורה‎ Josh 8:34; 2Kgs 22:8 = 2Chr 34:15 ‎דברי התורה‎ Josh 8:34; 2Kgs 23:24 so ‎התורה‎ ‎אשׁר צוך משׁה‎ Josh 1:7, similarly Josh 22:5; 2Kgs 17:13; 2Kgs 17:34; 2Kgs 17:37; 2Kgs 21:8 ‎תּוֺרַת משׁה‎ (‎ספר‎) Josh 8:31; Josh 8:32; Josh 23:6; 1Kgs 2:3; 2Kgs 14:6 = ‎׳‎‎בספר מ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַתּ‎ 2Chr 25:4; 2Kgs 23:25 ‎׳‎‎דִּבְרֵי סֵפֶר הַתּ‎ 2Kgs 22:11= ‎׳‎‎דברי הַתּ‎ 2Chr 34:19 ‎תּוֺרַת יהוה‎ 2Kgs 10:31. It is probable that ‎׳‎‎ת‎ in Ps 1:2 (twice in verse); Ps 94:12 and some other parts of Chronicles, e.g. 1Chr 22:12; 2Chr 6:16 (= 1Kgs 8:25 without ‎׳‎‎ת‎), refers to Deuteronomic code. (3) other passages of Chronicles may refer to code of D, but most of them certainly refer to the law of the Priests' code. The same is true of Malachi, Daniel and late Psalms. The phrases are: (‎ספר‎) ‎תורת משׁה‎ 2Chr 23:18; 2Chr 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 7:6; Neh 8:1; Mal 3:22*; Dan 9:11; Dan 9:13 ‎תורת יהוה‎ (‎ספר‎) Ezra 7:10; Neh 9:3; 1Chr 16:40; 2Chr 12:1; 2Chr 17:9; 2Chr 31:3; 2Chr 31:4; 2Chr 34:14; 2Chr 35:26; Ps 19:8*; Ps 119:1 (‎ספר‎) ‎תורת האלהים‎ Neh 8:18; Neh 10:29*; Neh 10:30* ‎׳‎‎ספר הַתּ‎ Neh 8:3 ‎׳‎‎דִּבְרֵי הַתּ‎ vNeh 8:9 vNeh 8:13 ‎הַתּוֺרָה‎ 2Chr 14:3*; 2Chr 31:21; 2Chr 33:8; Neh 10:35*; Neh 10:37*; Neh 12:44; Neh 13:3 ‎פִּיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Ps 119:72 ‎תורתך‎ Neh 9:26; Neh 9:29; Neh 9:34; Dan 9:11; Ps 119:18; Ps 119:29; Ps 119:34; Ps 119:44; Ps 119:51; Ps 119:53; Ps 119:55; Ps 119:61; Ps 119:70; Ps 119:77; Ps 119:85; Ps 119:92; Ps 119:97; Ps 119:109; Ps 119:126; Ps 119:136; Ps 119:142; Ps 119:150; Ps 119:153; Ps 119:163; Ps 119:165; Ps 119:174 ‎תּוֺרָה‎ (indefinite) || ‎חקים‎, ‎מצוות‎ Neh 9:14.

3. custom, manner: ‎תּוֺרַת הָאָדָם‎ 2Sam 7:19 the manner of man, not of God, i.e. deal with me as man with man, Thes, law for man RV, but Ew^{Geschichte. iii. 180} reads ‎דּוֺרֹת‎ (‎וַתַּרְאֵנִי‎) hast shewed me generations of men; so We Dr. — On ‎׳‎‎ת‎ see further Dr on Deut 1:10; Deut 24:8; Deut 33:10 and references

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