Home › Words › S › shiurshiur/ˈʃiː.ɚ/shiur · noun — A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).shiur is pronounced /ˈʃiː.ɚ/.EtymologyFrom Hebrew שִׁעוּר (shi'úr).nounA lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.e.g.“Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”” — 2009 April 4, Samuel G. Freedman, “A Jewish Holiday, Once Every 28 Years”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).