Tanach
Pronunciations
Tanach | (tah-NACH) | listen |
Definitions
n. The entire Jewish bible including the Torah, Prophets, Writings. ['tanakh' is an acronym of the names of the three sections of the bible: torah, nevi'im and kethuvim.]
Example Sentences
"I brought my siddur and my Tanakh."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
תנ"ך, acronym: תורה נביאים וכתובים 'Torah, Prophets, Writings'
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
Tanach, Tanakh, TaNaKh, Tenack
Notes
Plural T'nachim.
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