H8451. torah

תּוֺרָה‎ noun feminine^{Deuteronomy 1:5} direction, instruction, law (possibly in first instance from casting lots, We^{G i, 470; H 394} (less confidently We^{Skizzen iii, 167}), SS Sm^{AT Rel. Geschichte. 36} Benz^{Archaeology 408} Now^{Archaeology ii, 97, opposed to by} Kö^{Offenb. ii, 347} Baud^{Priesterthum 207}); — ׳ת‎, Exodus 12:49 88t.; construct תּוֺרַת‎ 13:9 65t.; suffixes תּוֺרָתִי‎ Psalm 78:1 16t.; תֹּרָר֯תְךָ‎ Jeremiah 32:23; תֹּרָתוֺ‎ 44:23 34t. suffixes; plural תּוֺרוֺת‎ Nehemiah 9:13; תּוֺרֹת‎ Isaiah 24:5 2t.; suffix תּוֺרֹתַי‎ Ezekiel 44:24; תּוֺרֹתָ֯ו‎ 43:11; 44:5 5t. suffixes; —

1 instruction:

a. human: of a mother Proverbs 1:8; 6:20, 23; of a father 3:1; 4:2; 7:2; of sages 13:14; 28:4 (twice in verse); 28:7, 9; 29:18; of a poet Psalm 78:1; חֶסֶד תּוֺרַת‎ kind instruction (of a wise wife) Proverbs 31:26.

b. divine "" אֲמָרִים‎ Job 22:22; through his servants Isaiah 30:9; Jeremiah 8:8; "" אִמְרָה‎ Isaiah 5:24; "" דָּבָר‎ 1:10; "" תְּעוּדָה‎ 8:16, 20; "" חָזוֺן‎ Lamentations 2:9; plural תורות‎ Daniel 9:10.

c. a body of prophetic (or sometimes perhaps priestly) teaching Isaiah 42:21, 24; Jeremiah 9:12; 16:11; in the heart Isaiah 51:7; Psalm 37:31; 40:9; "" משׁפט‎ Habakkuk 1:4; "" משׁפטים‎ Psalm 89:31; "" דְּבָרִים‎ Jeremiah 6:19; 26:4; Zechariah 7:12; "" חקים‎ Amos 2:4; "" חקות‎ Jeremiah 44:10, 23; myriads of precepts Hosea 8:12.

d. instruction in Messianic age Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:4; Isaiah 42:4; 51:4; Jeremiah 31:33.

e. a body of priestly direction or instruction relating to sacred things Hosea 4:6; Jeremiah 2:8; 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:6-7, 8, 9; Zephaniah 3:4; Ezekiel 22:26; "" מוֺרֶה כֹּחֵן לֹא תוֺרָה לֹא‎2 Chronicles 15:3.

2 law (properly direction): namely

a. of special laws, singular of Feast of Maƒƒoth Exodus 13:9 (J), sabbath 16:4 (J); of direction given by priests in particular case Deuteronomy 17:11; of statutes of priest's code Exodus 12:49 (P), Leviticus 6:2; 6:7; 6:18; 7:1, 7, 11, 37; 11:46; 12:7; 13:59; 14:2, 32, 54, 57; 15:32; Numbers 5:29-30, 6:13, 21 (twice in verse); 15:16, 29; 19:2, 14; 31:21 (P); הַבָּיִת תּוֺרַת‎ Ezekiel 43:12 (twice in verse); ח ׳בֵּין לְמִעְוָךְ‎2 Chronicles 19:10; plural תּוֺרוֺת‎ laws, "" חקים‎ Exodus 18:16, 20 (E; of decisions in civil cases given by Moses), Psalm 105:45; "" מצות‎ Exodus 16:28 (J); "" חקות מצות,‎ Genesis 26:5 (J); "" משׁפטים חקים‎ Leviticus 26:46 (H); "" חק ברית,‎ Isaiah 24:5; "" מצות חקים, משׁפטים,‎ Nehemiah 9:13; the laws of the new temple Ezekiel 43:11; 44:5, 24; those laws in which men should walk Jeremiah 32:23 (Kt).

b. of codes of law, (1) הַתּוֺרָה‎ as written in the code of the covenant, "" הַמִּצְוָה‎ Exodus 24:12 (E); אלהים תּוֺרַת ספר‎ Joshua 24:26 (E); probably also Deuteronomy 33:4, "" משׁפטים‎ 33:10, "" בְּרִית‎ Hosea 8:1; Psalm 78:10, "" עֵדוּת‎ 78:5; -2the law of the Deuteronomic code, in D and Deuteronomic sections of Kings and sources of Chronicles, הַזּאֹת הַתּוֺרָה‎ Deuteronomy 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18; 31:9, 11; הַתּ ׳דִּבְרֵי הזאת‎ 27:26; 31:24, + כל‎ 17:19; 27:3, 8; 28:58; 29:28; 31:12; 32:46; הַתּ ׳סֵפֶר הזאת‎ 28:61; הזה התורה ספר‎ 29:20; 30:10; 31:26; Joshua 1:8; התורה ספר‎ 8:34; 2 Kings 22:8 2 Chronicles 34:15; התורה דברי‎ Joshua 8:34; 2 Kings 23:24; so משׁה צוך אשׁר התורה‎ Joshua 1:7, similarly 22:5; 2 Kings 17:13, 34, 37; 21:8; משׁה תּוֺרַת‎ (ספר‎) Joshua 8:31-32, 23:6; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 14:6 = ׳הַתּ מ ׳בספר‎2 Chronicles 25:4; 2 Kings 23:25; הַתּ סֵפֶר ׳דִּבְרֵי‎ 22:11= הַתּ ׳דברי‎2 Chronicles 34:19; יהוה תּוֺרַת‎ 2 Kings 10:31. It is probable that ׳ת‎ in Psalm 1:2 (twice in verse); 94:12 and some other parts of Chronicles, e.g. 1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 6:16 (= 1 Kings 8:25 without ׳ת‎), refers to Deuteronomic code. (3) other passages of Chronicles may refer to code of D, but most of them certainly refer to the law of the Priests' code. The same is true of Malachi, Daniel and late Psalms. The phrases are: (ספר‎) משׁה תורת‎2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:16; Ezra 3:2; 7:6; Nehemiah 8:1; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11, 13; יהוה תורת‎ (ספר‎) Ezra 7:10; Nehemiah 9:3; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 17:9; 31:3-4, 34:14; 35:26; Psalm 19:8; 119:1; (ספר‎) האלהים תורת‎ Nehemiah 8:18; 10:29; 10:30; הַתּ ׳ספר‎ 8:3; הַתּ ׳דִּבְרֵי‎ 8:9; 8:13; הַתּוֺרָה‎2 Chronicles 14:3; 31:21; 33:8; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 8:2, 7, 14; 10:35; 10:37; 12:44; 13:3; ׳תּ מִּיךָ‎ Psalm 119:72; תורתך‎ Nehemiah 9:26, 29, 34; Daniel 9:11; Psalm 119:18; 119:29; 119:34; 119:44; 119:51; 119:53; 119:55; 119:61; 119:70; 119:77; 119:85; 119:92; 119:97; 119:109; 119:126; 119:136; 119:142; 119:150; 119:153; 119:163; 119:165; 119:174; תּוֺרָה‎ (indefinite) "" מצוות חקים,‎ Nehemiah 9:14.

3 custom, manner: הָאָדָם תּוֺרַת‎ 2 Samuel 7:19 the manner of man, not of God, i.e. deal with me as man with man, Thes, law for man RV, but Ew^{Geschichte. iii. 180} reads דּוֺרֹת‎ (וַתַּרְאֵנִי‎) hast shewed me generations of men; so We Dr. — On ׳ת‎ see further Dr on Deuteronomy 1:10; 24:8; 33:10 and references