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title: תּוֹר — plait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹר (8447), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: plait. BDB 1906: n.m. plait, turn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹר

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«תּוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plait** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 8447 · **BDB:** תּוֹר

### Glosses

\[the\].turn (1); of.jewels (1); strings.of.jewels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

plait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8447/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. plait, turn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8447/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. plait, turn (Arabic تَارَةٌ period, succession (περίοδος));—pl. תּוֹרִים plaits (of hair?) Ct 1:10, cstr. תּוֹרֵי זָהָב v 11 plaits, circlets of gold; sg. turn, opportunity, cstr. תֹּר נַעֲרָה Est 2:12, cf. v 15.—תּוֹר אדם 1 Ch 17:17 is corrupt, ‖ 2 S 7:19 תּוֹרַת הָאָדָם, also difficult, v. תּוֹרָה 3, p. 436; Klo PerlesAnal. 68 תֹּאַר, q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תּוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8447/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.11/)

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תּוֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ עִ֖ם נְקֻדּ֥וֹת הַכָּֽסֶף׃

*Word for word:* strings.of.jewels of.gold we.will.make for you with (the).studs of.(the) silver

*JPS 1917:* We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.

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[Song of Songs 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/)

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נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.delightful cheeks your with.(the) strings of.jewels neck your with strings of.beads

*JPS 1917:* Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.

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