English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew תנ״ך (TaNaKh). Acronym of Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑˈnɑx/, /tɑˈnɑk/, /tə-/
Proper noun
the Tanakh
- (biblical, Judaism) The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings); corresponding to the Christian Old Testament (or roughly so, depending on the denomination).
- Synonyms: Hebrew Bible, Jewish Bible, (in Judaism also) Bible
- Meronyms: Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim
- Coordinate term: Old Testament (in Christianity)
Translations
body of Jewish scripture
- Arabic: تَنَاخ (tanāḵ)
- Asturian: Tanak (ast)
- Azerbaijani: Tanax
- Belarusian: Тана́х m (Tanáx)
- Bengali: তনাখ (tonakh)
- Bulgarian: Танах (Tanah)
- Catalan: Tanakh f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 塔納赫 / 塔纳赫 (taap3 naap6 haak1)
- Mandarin: 塔納赫 / 塔纳赫 (zh) (Tǎnàhè), 泰納克 / 泰纳克 (Tàinàkè)
- Dutch: Tenach (nl) m
- Esperanto: Tanaĥo
- Finnish: Tanak
- Georgian: თანახი (tanaxi)
- German: Tanach (de)
- Greek: Τανάκ (Tanák)
- Hebrew: תָּנָ״ךְ m (TaNáCh), מִקְרָא (he) m (miqrá)
- Hindi: तनाख़ (tanāx)
- Hungarian: Tanakh
- Japanese: タナハ (tanaha)
- Korean: 타나크 (tanakeu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: تەناخ (tenax)
- Ladino: Tanah m
- Persian: تنخ (tanax)
- Polish: Tanach (pl) m
- Portuguese: Tanakh m or f, Tanach m or f, Tanaque m
- Russian: Тана́х (ru) m (Tanáx)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Танах
- Roman: Tanah (sh)
- Spanish: Tanaj (es)
- Swedish: tanakh
- Tamil: எபிரேய வேதாகமம் (epirēya vētākamam), எபிரேய விவிலியம் (epirēya viviliyam), பழையேற்பாடு (paḻaiyēṟpāṭu), தனாக் (taṉāk)
- Thai: ทานาคห์
- Turkish: Tanah (tr)
- Ukrainian: Тана́х m (Tanáx)
- Urdu: تناخ (tanāx)
- Yiddish: תּנ״ך (tanakh)
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References
- ^ Webster's New World College Dictionary. 3rd Edition. New York, Simon & Schuster Macmillan. (1988)
Anagrams
Portuguese
Proper noun
Tanakh m or f
- alternative spelling of Tanach