English noun: Torah |
1. | Torah (communication) the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition |
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| Instance hypernym | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
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2. | Torah (communication) the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
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| Synonyms | Laws, Pentateuch |
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| Instance hypernym | religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing |
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| Part holonym | Book of Deuteronomy, Book of Exodus, Book of Genesis, Book of Leviticus, Book of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers |
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| Part meronym | Hebrew Scripture, Old Testament, Tanach, Tanakh |
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3. | Torah (communication) (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services |
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| Broader (hypernym) | roll, scroll |
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| Domain category | Judaism |
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