Tanakh

English

Alternative forms

• Tanach

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תנ״ך (TaNaKh). Acronym of Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑˈnɑx/, /tɑˈnɑk/, /tə-/
• (UK also) IPA^(key): /tæˈnæx/, /tæˈnæk/, /tə-/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

the Tanakh

2. (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)

Derived terms

• Tanakhic

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
• French: Tanakh (fr) m
• Georgian: თანახი (tanaxi)
• German: Tanach (de)
• Greek: Τανάκ (Tanák)
• Hebrew: תָּנָ״ךְ m (tanákh), 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

  Latin: 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Japanese: タナク (tanaku)

Anagrams

• kantha, khatna, thanka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tanakh m or f

1. alternative spelling of Tanach