tanakh

Questions about tanakh

What does tanakh mean?

tanakh means "the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings".

How many syllables are in tanakh?

tanakh has 2 syllables and divides as ta-nakh under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tanakh?

Close synonyms include Tanach, Hebrew Scripture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tanakh a common word?

tanakh is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.