About & credits
Torah: Word by Word presents the Five Books of the Torah word by word — Hebrew, transliteration, root, gematria, a plain translation, and the classic commentaries — assembled from freely-licensed sources so it can be read by anyone, anywhere, at no cost.
The edition
Compiled by Asaf Fulks. Book design and layout by Yakira Shimoni Fulks. Published by The Forum Press, a Fulks Inc company.
About the compiler
Asaf David Fulks — the compiler of Torah: Word by Word — is an attorney, a computer scientist, and an award-winning music producer. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Denison University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Taft Law School, where he delivered the commencement address, and he is a member of the California Bar. In 2005 he founded The OC Recording Company, an internationally acclaimed studio and audio school with credits spanning artists from Kendrick Lamar to Lil Wayne and brands from Disney and Sony Music to Netflix and the NBA. He is a U.S. patent holder and a published author, writing under his own imprint, The Forum Press.
This edition gathers the Hebrew text, a word-by-word gloss, the gematria of every word and verse, a plain English translation, and the classic commentaries into a single interlinear reading — offered free, and corrected in the open with the help of its readers. Book design and layout are by Yakira Shimoni Fulks.
Text credits & permissions
TEXT CREDITS & PERMISSIONS
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss, Targum Onkelos translation, and (Genesis) Ibn Ezra translation © the publisher. Word senses from the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906; public domain).
Rashi: trans. M. Rosenbaum & A. M. Silbermann (public domain). Targum Yonatan: trans. J. W. Etheridge, 1862 (public domain). Or HaChaim and Rashbam: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0).
Used under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license: Ramban (trans. Charles B. Chavel); Sforno, Chizkuni, Rabbeinu Bahya, Tur HaAroch, and Daat Zkenim (trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk); Kli Yakar (Sefaria, ed. Francis Nataf). Classical commentary texts sourced via Sefaria (www.sefaria.org).
Sources
| Source | License | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew (Masoretic Text) | Public Domain | |
| English translation | PD JPS 1917, modernized | Adapted from The Holy Scriptures (JPS, 1917; public domain); modernized, © the publisher |
| Targum Onkelos | © publisher | English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Aramaic |
| Ibn Ezra | © publisher | English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew |
| Rashi | Public Domain | trans. M. Rosenbaum & A. M. Silbermann (1929–34; public domain) |
| Ramban (Nachmanides) | CC-BY | trans. Charles B. Chavel — used under CC-BY |
| Sforno | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Or HaChaim | CC0 | Sefaria Community Translation (CC0) |
| Chizkuni | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Rabbeinu Bahya | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Kli Yakar | CC-BY | Sefaria (ed. Francis Nataf) — used under CC-BY |
| Tur HaAroch | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Gematria notes | © publisher | |
| Cross-references | © publisher | |
| Insights | © publisher | |
| Targum Yonatan ben Uziel | Public Domain | trans. J. W. Etheridge (1862; public domain) |
| Rashbam | CC0 | Sefaria Community Translation (CC0) |
| Daat Zkenim | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Word senses | Public Domain | Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906; public domain) |
Contact
Corrections, questions, dedications: info@theforumpress.com.