tor · turtledove

What it means

tor (תּוֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “turtledove”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A small dove-like bird offered in sacrifice.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• turtledoves ×9
• turtledove ×5

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Leviticus×9
• Numbers×1
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Jeremiah×1

• Genesis 15:9

  He said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

• Leviticus 1:14

  And if his offering to YHWH is a burnt offering from the birds, he shall present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

• Leviticus 5:7

  And if his means do not reach enough for a lamb, he shall bring as his guilt offering for what he has sinned two turtledoves or two young pigeons to YHWH, one as a sin offering and one as a burnt offering.

• Leviticus 5:11

  But if his means do not reach to two turtledoves or to two young pigeons, he shall bring, as his offering for what he has sinned, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it, and he shall not put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

• Leviticus 12:6

  When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest.

• Leviticus 12:8

  And if her means do not suffice for a lamb, she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering; and the priest shall make expiation for her, and she will be clean.”

• Leviticus 14:22

  and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as his means reach; one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

• Leviticus 14:30

  He shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, such as his means reach,

• Leviticus 15:14

  And on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before YHWH to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.

• Leviticus 15:29

  And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Numbers 6:10

  And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

• Psalms 74:19

  Do not give to the wild beast the soul of your turtledove; the life of your afflicted ones do not forget forever.

• Song of Songs 2:12

  The blossoms appear in the land; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

• Jeremiah 8:7

  Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane keep the time of their coming, but my people do not know the justice of YHWH.