טור

Hebrew[edit]

Root
ט־ו־ר (ṭ-w-r)

Compare Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr).

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

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.
(mathematics) series
(rabbinics) an abbreviation for the Arba'ah Turim, a law code compiled by Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher