Sepher Torah

[ Sephardic Hebrew se-fer taw-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew sey-fuhr toh-ruh, toi-ruh; English sey-fer tawr-uh, tohr-uh ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural Si·phrei To·rah [see-, frey, taw-, rah, si, -f, r, ey , toh, -, r, uh, toi, -, r, uh], English Sepher Torahs.

1. a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sepher Torah¹

sēpher tōrāh literally, book of law