noun
the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
• Syn: ↑Torah, ↑Pentateuch
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious text
• Part Holonyms: ↑Tanakh, ↑Tanach, ↑Hebrew Scripture, ↑Old Testament
• Part Meronyms:
↑Genesis, ↑Book of Genesis, ↑Exodus, ↑Book of Exodus, ↑Leviticus, ↑Book of Leviticus, ↑Numbers, ↑Book of Numbers, ↑Deuteronomy, ↑Book of Deuteronomy
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plural of law
present third singular of law
Useful english dictionary. 2012.