תּוֹרָה

“Teaching” in Hebrew is Torah (תּוֹרָה), pronounced “to-RAH.” Torah comes from the root י-ר-ה (yod-resh-he), meaning 'to throw, cast, direct, teach.' Torah is not cold legislation — it's God's loving instruction, like a parent teaching a child which direction to walk.

Torah (תּוֹרָה) means “Teaching, instruction, law” in Biblical Hebrew. Torah appears 219 times in the Hebrew Bible. While it specifically refers to the five books of Moses (Genesis-Deuteronomy), it broadly means any divine instruction or teaching. Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, is an extended love poem to God's Torah.

Torah is pronounced “to-RAH.” The word comes from the Hebrew root י-ר-ה.

No — this is one of the most common mistranslations in the Bible. Torah comes from the root 'yarah' (to throw/direct/teach), meaning 'instruction, teaching, guidance.' Translating Torah as 'law' gives it a cold, legalistic feel that's foreign to the Hebrew. In Hebrew thought, Torah is God's loving instruction — a parent showing a child the path of life. Psalm 119 celebrates Torah with joy, not dread.

The Torah (also called the Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses) consists of: (1) Bereshit (Genesis) — 'In the Beginning,' (2) Shemot (Exodus) — 'Names,' (3) Vayikra (Leviticus) — 'And He Called,' (4) Bamidbar (Numbers) — 'In the Wilderness,' and (5) Devarim (Deuteronomy) — 'Words.' Note that the Hebrew names are taken from the first significant word of each book, not from their content summary.