Etymology of "Torah"
Proverb 6:23 "For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching [Hebrew: Torah] is light [Hebrew: Ore]; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life"
If you were reading the above passage in Hebrew, you would immediately hear the word relationship between "Ore" and "Torah". See also: Psalms 119:105-115; Isaiah 8:20.
Hebrew words are formed or derived from two and three letter root words. Looking at root words and closely related words with the same root as "Torah", you'll began to see the "root meaning" of the word Torah. The word depicts much more than what is generally perceived as just "Law" in the English language.
Ore - "light" (Hebrew: אור - Strongs#:H216)
Yarah - "to shoot, to point, to teach" (Hebrew: ירה - Strongs#:H3384)
Moreh - "archer, teacher" (Hebrew: מורה - Strongs#:H4175)
Torah - "instruction, teaching, law" (Hebrew: תּורה - Strongs#:H8451)
Ultimately, the Torah can be defined as this: "the Light (ore) which the Teacher (Moreh) casts in a direction (yarah) for us to walk in". When regarding the Torah given to Moses, יהוה is Teacher and Giver of the Light, the Torah. He is the One who loves us so much that He wants us to walk in the pathway of Light and safety, not in ignorance and darkness.
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