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# תּוֹר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8447

**plait** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[the\] turn (1); of jewels (1); strings of jewels (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8447.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8447/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).