תּוֹר
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. A turn: one's opportunity to do something that not everyone can do at the same time.
2. 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).
3. An appointment: a scheduled time to do something. (colloquial)
4. period (a geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs) (geology)
5. period (a length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era)
6. turtle-dove
Pronunciation
tór
Examples124
יֵשׁ לִי תּוֹר לרוֹפֵא מָחָר.
I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow.
אַתָּה הַבָּא בתּוֹר.
You are next in line.
מָתַי תורי?
When is my turn?
כְּבָר יֵשׁ לִי קונה בתּוֹר.
I've already got a buyer lined up.
עָשִׂיתִי מָה שיכולתי. עַכְשָׁו תורך.
I did what I could. It's your turn now.
כֹּל אאחד מאיתנו קוֹרֵא אֵת הַסֵּפֶר בתּוֹרוֹ.
Each of us read the book in turn.