# תור
## Aramaic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

תור • (transliteration needed)
* to amaze, to wonder

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

תּוֹר • (transliteration needed) m (plural תּוֹרָן)
* bull, ox
    Synonym: תּוֹרָא

## Hebrew
### Pronunciation

* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /toʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

תּוֹר • (tór) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים, plural construct תּוֹרֵי־)
* 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 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁuvəhaggía' tor na'ará vəna'ará lavó el hammélech aḥashveróshNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus
* 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.
* (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.
* (geology) period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs)
* period (a length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era)
    תור הזהב ― tór hazaháv ― the golden age

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | תּוֹר | first | תּוֹרִי | תּוֹרִי | תּוֹרֵנוּ | תּוֹרֵנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַתּוֹר | second | תּוֹרְךָ | תּוֹרֵךְ | תּוֹרְכֶם | תּוֹרְכֶן |
| singular | construct | תּוֹר־ | third | תּוֹרוֹ | תּוֹרָהּ | תּוֹרָם | תּוֹרָן |
| plural | indefinite | תּוֹרוֹת | first | תורותיי / תּוֹרוֹתַי | תורותיי / תּוֹרוֹתַי | תּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ | תּוֹרוֹתֵינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַתּוֹרוֹת | second | תּוֹרוֹתֶיךָ | תורותייך / תּוֹרוֹתַיִךְ | תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶם | תּוֹרוֹתֵיכֶן |
| plural | construct | תּוֹרוֹת־ | third | תּוֹרוֹתָיו | תּוֹרוֹתֶיהָ | תּוֹרוֹתָם | תּוֹרוֹתָן |
| plural | indefinite | תּוֹרִים | first | תוריי / תּוֹרַי | תוריי / תּוֹרַי | תּוֹרֵינוּ | תּוֹרֵינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַתּוֹרִים | second | תּוֹרֶיךָ | תורייך / תּוֹרַיִךְ | תּוֹרֵיכֶם | תּוֹרֵיכֶן |
| plural | construct | תּוֹרֵי־ | third | תּוֹרָיו | תּוֹרֶיהָ | תּוֹרֵיהֶם | תּוֹרֵיהֶן |

### Noun

תּוֹר • (tor) m (plural indefinite תּוֹרִים)
* 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.

### References

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

### Anagrams

* רות