טור

Hebrew

Root
ט־ו־ר (ṭ-w-r)

Etymology

Compare Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr).

Noun

טוּר • (túr) m (plural indefinite טוּרִים, singular construct טוּר־, plural construct טוּרֵי־)

1. column, line, row
   • Tanach, Exodus 28:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּמִלֵּאתָ בוֹ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן אַרְבָּעָה טוּרִים אָבֶן טוּר אֹדֶם פִּטְדָה וּבָרֶקֶת הַטּוּר הָאֶחָד׃

     U-milléta vo millu'át éven arba'á ṭurim éven ṭur ódem piṭdá u-varéqet ha-ṭur ha-eḥad.

     And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row.

2. (mathematics) series
3. (rabbinics) an abbreviation for the Arba'ah Turim, a law code compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher

References

• “טור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• H2905 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• טור_(מתמטיקה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he