טורא

Aramaic

Etymology

Related to Arabic ظُرَر (ẓurar), ظِرّ (ẓirr), Hebrew צוּר (tsúr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tˤurɑ/

Noun

טוּרָא • (ṭūrā) m (plural טוּרַיּאָ)

  1. mountain, hill
    • Tanach, Joshua 2:4, with translation of the New International Version:
      וּמַיָא תְּקִיפוּ לַחדָּא לַחדָּא עַל אַרעָא וְאִיתחֲפִיאוּ כָּל טוּרַיָא רָמַיָא דִּתחוֹת כָּל שְׁמַיָא
      And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered

Inflection
    declension of טורא
singular plural
absolute טוּר טוּרִין
construct טוּר טוּרֵי
emphatic טוּרָא טוּרַיָּא

References

“ṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

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