Numbers 15:16:1Num.15.16.W1TAB
תּוֹרָ֥ה
tora
“a law”
- Transliteration
- to-RA
- Extended
- toh-RAA
- IPA
- /toːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-RA
- phraseyour reading level
to-RA a-KHAT
- clause
to-RA a-KHAT u-mish-PAT e-KHAD yih-YE la-KHEM
- sentence
to-RA a-KHAT u-mish-PAT e-KHAD yih-YE la-KHEM ve-la-GER ha-GAR it-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a nominal construct pairing torah {תּוֹרָה | tô-rāh} ‘law’ and mishpat {מִשְׁפָּט | miš-pāṭ} ‘judgment’ in synonymous parallelism to underscore unified legal obligation.
Root and etymology
y-r-hyod-resh-heh
“to teach, instruct”
In context — Numbers 15:16
One law and one judgment shall be for you and for the sojourner who sojourns with you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:16, so the Hebrew word תּוֹרָ֥ה (tora) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.15.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.16.W1.S1) and character.