טור

Hebrew

Root
ט־ו־ר (ṭ-w-r)

Etymology

Compare Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr).

Noun

טוּר • (túr) m (plural indefinite טוּרִים, singular construct טוּר־, plural construct טוּרֵי־)

  1. column, line, row
    • Tanach, Exodus 28:17, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּמִלֵּאתָ בוֹ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן אַרְבָּעָה טוּרִים אָבֶן טוּר אֹדֶם פִּטְדָה וּבָרֶקֶת הַטּוּר הָאֶחָד׃
      U-milléta vo millu'át éven arba'á ṭurim éven ṭur ódem piṭdá u-varéqet ha-ṭur ha-eḥad.
      And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row.
  2. (mathematics) series
  3. (rabbinics) an abbreviation for the Arba'ah Turim, a law code compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher

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