Torah
/ˈtɔːɹə/noun
Torah is spelled T-O-R-A-H: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Torah means “A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Torah is Torahs or Torot.
How many letters and syllables are in Torah?
| Letters | 5: T-O-R-A-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Torah?
Torah appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Torah?
- /ˈtɔːɹə/
- [ˈtʊɹɑ]
Torah has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Torah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Torah
- Torahs plural
- Torot plural
- Toroth plural
- Toráh
- Torāh
- Tōrāh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Torah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A specially written scroll containing the five books of Moses, such as those used in religious services.
Holonyms: Old Testament, Tanakh
- 2
A book containing the five books of Moses.
There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Torah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה (tōrā, “instruction, law or teaching”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).