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Aramaic
Etymology 1
Verb
תור • (transliteration needed)
- to amaze, to wonder
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).
Cognate with Hebrew שׁוֹר.
Noun
תּוֹר • (transliteration needed) m (plural תּוֹרָן)
- bull, ox
- Synonym: תּוֹרָא
Hebrew
Pronunciation
Noun
תּוֹר • (tór) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים, plural construct תּוֹרֵי־)
- A turn: one's opportunity to do something that not everyone can do at the same time.
- מתי תורי? ― matái torí? ― When is my turn?
Tanach, Esther 2:12, with translation of the King James Version:וּבְהַגִּיעַ תֹּר נַעֲרָה וְנַעֲרָה לָבוֹא אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ- uvəhaggía' tor na'ará vəna'ará lavó el hammélech aḥashverósh
- Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus
- A queue, a line: a sequence of people waiting for their turn to do something (either a physical line in which they stand, or a metaphorical one).
- אתה הבא בתור. ― atá habá batór. ― You are next in line.
- (colloquial) An appointment: a scheduled time to do something.
- יש לי תור לרופא מחר. ― yésh lí tór larofé makhár. ― I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.
- (geology) period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs)
- period (a length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era)
- תור הזהב ― tór hazaháv ― the golden age
Usage notes
- The plural indefinite form תּוֹרוֹת (torót) also exists, especially for sense 1.
Declension
Noun
תּוֹר • (tor) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים)
- turtle-dove
Tanach, Song of Songs 2:12, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ; וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ.- hannitzaním nir.ú baáretz, 'et hazzamír higgía'; vəqól hattór nishmá' bəartzénu.
- The flowers have already appeared in the land, The time has arrived for pruning the vines;
And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
References
- Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN
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