מוֹרָה I, (b. h.; = מערה, of Phoenician origin, v. Wellh. Text d. B. Sam., p. 146, sq.) razor. Naz. IX, 5; Midr. Sam. ch. II מה מ׳ האמור(ה) וכ׳ as the word morah which is used in connection with Samson (Jud. XIII, 5) intimates that he shall be a nazarite, so also &c. (I Sam. I, 11) ; v. next w.—Num. R. s. 10 why is the razor (תער) called morah? שאין השער מתיירא וכ׳ for the hair is afraid of nothing but the razor (v. מוֹרָא); v. Midr. Sam. l. c.