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Torah

tôrâ תּוֹרָה

Root Word: yārâ to teach or to throw (throw ball; shoot arrow; point finger; etc)

The Hebrew word means instruction or teaching.

When used as a name = first five books of the Bible, containing the “everlasting instruction” of YHWH for his people.

The Law or Torah is not referring to the just “10 Commandments”

Torah, which can mean teaching, paired with the Prophets, would have meant what we know as the entire Old Testament

תורה – teaching, theory; Torah – Hebrew conjugation tables

`And this [is] the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, -- Deuteronomy 6

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and The Command, which I have written to direct them.' Exodus 24:12

^37 ^and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods;

^8 ^and I add not to turn aside the foot of Israel from off the ground that I appointed to your fathers, only, if they watch to do all that I have commanded them -- to all the law, and the statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.' 2 Chronicles 33:8

^5 ^because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My The Charge, My commands //The Command//, My statutes //The Customs//, and My laws //Torah//.' Genesis 26:5

^3 ^and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies //The testimony//, as it is written in the law //Torah// of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest, 1 Kings 2:3

Also called The Teachings

Torah partitioned into Categories:

Common Translations:

The Law or The Command

Commandments

Word of God

Scriptures or Writings

Meanings:

The Teachings

Doctrine

Instruction

Directions

Definitions

  1. Torah of Moses (Law of Moses) refers to the First Five Books of the Scriptures (Pentateuch Chumash) Five Books of Moses (Chumash) and all they contain.
  2. The Written Torah: she-bi-khetav
  3. The Oral Torah she-be-al peh
  4. It can refer to a body of laws for a specific subject such as:
  5. In Modern times it is used to incorporate all of Jewish laws and traditions

Notes

Jesus and The Torah, The Law, The Command

Proverbs 28:9

ChatGPT:

The "commands" from God in Scripture are often referred to by specific terms, depending on their nature. Here are the primary terms used in the Bible to describe God's commands:

These terms often overlap in their meanings and are used in various parts of Scripture to convey different aspects of God's law and guidance to His people.