תור

תור • (transliteration needed)

1. to amaze, to wonder

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Hebrew שׁוֹר.

תּוֹר • (transliteration needed) m (plural תּוֹרָן)

1. bull, ox

   Synonym: תּוֹרָא

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תּוֹר • (tór) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים, plural construct תּוֹרֵי־)

1. A turn: one's opportunity to do something that not everyone can do at the same time.

   מתי תורי? ― matái torí? ― When is my turn?

   • Tanach, Esther 2:12, with translation of the King James Version:

     וּבְהַגִּיעַ תֹּר נַעֲרָה וְנַעֲרָה לָבוֹא אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

     uvəhaggía' tor na'ará vəna'ará lavó el hammélech aḥashverósh

     Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus

2. A queue, a line: a sequence of people waiting for their turn to do something (either a physical line in which they stand, or a metaphorical one).

   אתה הבא בתור. ― atá habá batór. ― You are next in line.

3. (colloquial) An appointment: a scheduled time to do something.

   יש לי תור לרופא מחר. ― yésh lí tór larofé makhár. ― I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.

4. A period, a time in history.

   תור הזהב ― tór hazaháv ― the golden age

5. (geology) A period, a geologic period.

• The plural indefinite form תּוֹרוֹת (torót) also exists, especially for sense 1.

תּוֹר • (tor) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים)

1. turtle-dove
   • Tanach, Song of Songs 2:12, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:

     הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ; וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ.

     hannitzaním nir.ú baáretz, 'et hazzamír higgía'; vəqól hattór nishmá' bəartzénu.

     The flowers have already appeared in the land, The time has arrived for pruning the vines;
     And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

• Lazar, Yisrael (1991) THE NEW DICTIONARY Hebrew-English English-Hebrew, Jerusalem: Kiryat Sefer, →ISBN

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