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Genesis 29:35

וַ תַּהַר עֹוד וַ תֵּלֶד בֵּן וַ תֹּאמֶר הַ פַּעַם אֹודֶה אֶת יְהוָה עַל כֵּן קָרְאָה שְׁמֹו יְהוּדָה וַ תַּעֲמֹד מִ לֶּדֶת
And she is conceiving again, and is bearing a builder, and is saying, `The Footstep,960 I am casting/founding961 אֶת-Yahweh.` Upon an upright she has called-out his name Cast-One.962 And she is setting-upright from bearing.
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To Cast, Lay Foundation of Torah

Strong’s #3034, yadah. To lay a foundation, cast, throw with the hand.This word has an interesting counterpart, yorah (#3384) which also means to throw, shoot, teach. Both words look very similar, yadah יָדָה and yorah יָרָה so it is easy to see why these two words have the same definition. Yorah specifically is the root of Torah, which is the name of the first five books of the Bible, commonly referred to as “the law”. Contexts, such as the one here—casting/founding Yahweh?—have led interpreters to believe they also mean praise and teach respectively. Torah therefore could be concretely translated as the "The Foundation" or "Casting". Contexts could be rendered quite differently in this case,

And an abundant Gathering has walked and has said, 'Walk, and may we ascend toward the mountain of Yahweh, toward the house of elohe of Heel, and he will cast/found ourselves [Hiphil causative] from his road, and we may walk in his paths, for from Signpost/Zion the Casting is going out, and the word of Yahweh from Foundation of Peace. [Yeruh-salem]” (Isaiah 2:3 RBT)

In terms of riddles, this is not a far-fetched translation for the Bible. After all,

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the builders of the Young-ones [the Neurrim].” Psalm 127:4 RBT