Tanakh

English

Alternative forms

Tanach

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תנ״ך‎ (TaNaKh) — acronym from Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. ^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑˈnɑx/

Proper noun

Tanakh

The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.

Translations

body of Jewish scripture

Arabic: تَنَاخ‎‎ (tanāḵ)
Azerbaijani: Tanax
Belarusian: Тана́х m (Tanáx)
Bulgarian: Танах (Tanah)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 塔納赫, 塔纳赫 (taap³ naap⁶ haak¹)

Mandarin: 塔納赫, 塔纳赫 (Tǎnàhè)
Dutch: Tenach (nl)
Esperanto: Tanaĥo
Finnish: tanak (fi)
Georgian: თანახი (tanaxi)
German: Tanach (de)
Greek: Τανάκ (Tanák)
Hebrew: תנ״ך‎‎ m
Japanese: タナク (tanaku)
Korean: 타나크 (tanakeu)

Kurdish:
Sorani: تەناخ‎‎ (tenax)
Ladino: Tanah m
Persian: تنخ‎‎ (tanax)
Portuguese: Tanakh m, f, Tanach m, f
Russian: Тана́х (ru) m (Tanáx)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Танах

Roman: Tanah (sh)
Spanish: tanaj
Swedish: tanakh
Thai: ทานาคห์
Turkish: Tanah (tr)
Ukrainian: Тана́х m (Tanáx)
Urdu: تناخ‎‎ (tanāx)
Yiddish: תּנ״ך‎‎ (tanakh)

See also

References

↑ Webster's New World College Dictionary. 3rd Edition. New York, Simon & Schuster Macmillan. (1988)

Anagrams

kantha, khatna, thanka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tanakh m, f

Alternative spelling of Tanach

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