{ ||To"rah, ||To"ra } (?), n.; pl. Toroth (#). [Heb. tōrāh.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept.

A considerable body of priestly Toroth.

(b) Divine instruction; revelation.

Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets.

(c) The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the "Writings," generally termed Hagiographa.

{ ||To"rah, ||To"ra } (?), n.; pl. Toroth (#). [Heb. tōrāh.] (Jewish Lit.) (a) A law; a precept.

A considerable body of priestly Toroth.

(b) Divine instruction; revelation.

Tora, . . . before the time of Malachi, is generally used of the revelations of God's will made through the prophets.

(c) The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."

The Hebrew Bible is divided into three parts: (1) The Torah, "Law," or Pentateuch. (2) The Prophets . . . (3) The Kethubim, or the "Writings," generally termed Hagiographa.

• The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
        Tradition holds that the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai.
  
• The full body of written Jewish law, including the Tanakh, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the midrashic texts.
        It says in the Torah that both gossip and murder cause irreparable damage.
  
• The whole of Jewish law, written and unwritten.
  
• The encompassing philosophy of Judaism.
  
• A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
        An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
  
• A book containing the five books of Moses.
        There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.