Tenach

ten-ach (with ‘ch’ as in the ‘ch’ of Scottish ‘loch’)

Tanakh

Explanation

The three capital letters of T, N and Ch (or ‘K’) form this word, which is used to represent the three main parts of the Hebrew Bible, the holy books for Jews:

• Torah (law; teaching) The Five Books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) – known as the Chumash (Five) when used as a separate book in the home or synagogue;

• Nevi’im (Prophets) e.g. The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Hosea

• Ketuvim (Writings) The books of poetry, wisdom, history, e.g. Psalms, Proverbs, Chronicles.

Context

There are 24 books in the Hebrew TeNaCh, mostly written in classical Hebrew. Jews traditionally study the Hebrew Bible as a divinely inspired text though some read it as a human creation.

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