תור

Aramaic

Etymology 1

Verb

תור • (transliteration needed)

1. to amaze, to wonder

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Hebrew שׁוֹר.

Noun

תּוֹר • (transliteration needed) m (plural תּוֹרָן)

1. bull, ox

   Synonym: תּוֹרָא

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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Noun

תּוֹר • (tór) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים, plural construct תּוֹרֵי־)

1. 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

2. 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.

3. (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.

4. (geology) period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs)
5. 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

Declension of תּוֹר

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	תּוֹר	first	תּוֹרִי		תּוֹרֵנוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹר	second	תּוֹרְךָ	תּוֹרֵךְ	תּוֹרְכֶם	תּוֹרְכֶן
	construct	תּוֹר־	third	תּוֹרוֹ	תּוֹרָהּ	תּוֹרָם	תּוֹרָן
plural	indefinite	תּוֹרוֹת	first	תורותיי / תּוֹרוֹתַי		תּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹרוֹת	second	תּוֹרוֹתֶיךָ	תורותייך / תּוֹרוֹתַיִךְ	תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶם	תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	תּוֹרוֹת־	third	תּוֹרוֹתָיו	תּוֹרוֹתֶיהָ	תּוֹרוֹתָם	תּוֹרוֹתָן
plural	indefinite	תּוֹרִים	first	תוריי / תּוֹרַי		תּוֹרֵינוּ
	definite	הַתּוֹרִים	second	תּוֹרֶיךָ	תורייך / תּוֹרַיִךְ	תּוֹרֵיכֶם	תּוֹרֵיכֶן
	construct	תּוֹרֵי־	third	תּוֹרָיו	תּוֹרֶיהָ	תּוֹרֵיהֶם	תּוֹרֵיהֶן

Noun

תּוֹר • (tor) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים)

1. 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

Anagrams

• רות