*wVrVy-: 'to instruct, teach' (torah)

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*wVrVy-
Meaning'to instruct, teach' (torah)
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewhōrâ (hiphil) (HALOT 436); tōrâ (HALOT 1710)HALOT 436; HALOT 1710gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabianwry (HALOT 436)HALOT 436
Tigrewarā (HALOT 436)HALOT 436
Arabicwry (HALOT 436)HALOT 436
Amharicwarra (HALOT 436)HALOT 436
Judaic Aramaicyrh (HALOT 436)HALOT 436
Akkadianšūrû (CAD Š/3 370)CAD Š/3 370gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 436 separates yārâ III 'instruct, teach' from yārâ I 'throw, shoot' (see 1434); tōrâ derives from the hiphil. HALOT 1710 compares Akkadian têrtu(m) with tōrâ. Syriac ʾōraytā 'the Law' (LGz. 40) is the borrowed name of the Torah.

Updated 22 October 2026

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