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Tanakh in a sentence
Tanakh meaning
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 of Tanakh
Using Tanakh
- The main meaning on this page is: 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).
- Useful related words include: tanach, hebrew scripture, sacred text, sacred writing.
- In the example corpus, tanakh often appears in combinations such as: the tanakh, tanakh and, entire tanakh.
Context around Tanakh
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tanakh
- In this selection, "tanakh" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, entire, koren, scriptures, complete, chazal and yeshiva stand out and add context to how "tanakh" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the tanakh yeshiva school and commentary on tanakh especially on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tanakh" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tanakh
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Books of the Tanakh Complete set of scrolls, constituting the entire Tanakh. (12 words)
The Masoretic text of the Tanakh only goes back about 1,000 years. (13 words)
A collection of midrash on the entire Hebrew Scriptures ( Tanakh ) containing both halakhic and aggadic midrash. (16 words)
It is thus named for being both the one written authority (codex) secondary (only) to the Tanakh as a basis for the passing of judgment, a source and a tool for creating laws, and the first of many books to complement the Bible in certain aspects. (46 words)
Extraliturgical public reading main In some Near and Middle Eastern Jewish traditions, the whole of Nevi'im (as well as the rest of the Tanakh and the Mishnah) is read each year on a weekly rota, usually on Shabbat afternoons. (40 words)
In Judaism, the term "Torah" refers not only to the Five Books of Moses, but also to all of the Jewish scriptures (the whole of Tanakh), and the ethical and moral instructions of the rabbis (the Oral Torah ). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Books of the Tanakh Complete set of scrolls, constituting the entire Tanakh.
The first “book” spreads over thirteen chapters and offers a description of the primary foundational commitments of Modern Orthodoxy and sources them in Tanakh, Chazal, and their interpreters.
He is a licensed professional tour guide, and is a member of the editorial staff of the Koren Talmud Bavli and the several editions of the new Koren Tanakh.
At the Tanakh Yeshiva School in Zikron Yaakov, founding principal Rabbi Shimon Rapport says the online capacity to keep his 180 high school boys focused on their schoolwork is a huge gift.
The Masoretic text of the Tanakh only goes back about 1,000 years.
According to the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), God promised Abraham to make of his offspring a great nation.
A collection of midrash on the entire Hebrew Scriptures ( Tanakh ) containing both halakhic and aggadic midrash.
All contemporary Jewish movements consider the Tanakh, and the Oral Torah in the form of the Mishnah and Talmuds as sacred, although movements are divided as to claims concerning their divine revelation, and also their authority.
Although not well defined in the Tanakh, Sheol in this view was a subterranean underworld where the souls of the dead went after the body died.
Eliyahu wrote an approbation to Kahane's Tanakh commentary, Perush Hamacabee, where he refers to Kahane as "HaRav HaGaon" (the rabbinic genius), a praiseworthy title attributed to the very saintly.
Extraliturgical public reading main In some Near and Middle Eastern Jewish traditions, the whole of Nevi'im (as well as the rest of the Tanakh and the Mishnah) is read each year on a weekly rota, usually on Shabbat afternoons.
His commentary on Tanakh —especially on the Chumash ("Five Books of Moses")—is an indispensable aid to students of all levels.
In addition to the Tanakh, there are two further textual traditions in Judaism: Mishnah ( tractates expounding on Jewish law ) and the Talmud (commentary of Misneh and Torah).
In Judaism, the term "Torah" refers not only to the Five Books of Moses, but also to all of the Jewish scriptures (the whole of Tanakh), and the ethical and moral instructions of the rabbis (the Oral Torah ).
It is thus named for being both the one written authority (codex) secondary (only) to the Tanakh as a basis for the passing of judgment, a source and a tool for creating laws, and the first of many books to complement the Bible in certain aspects.
Jonah in Judaism seeAlso The Book of Jonah (Yonah יונה) is one of the twelve minor prophets included in the Tanakh.
Many of the earlier accounts of prophets found in the Tanakh are found within the context of other accounts of Israel's history.
Mikra continues to be used in Hebrew to this day, alongside Tanakh, to refer to the Hebrew scriptures.
Roberta Sterman Sabbath Sacred tropes: Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur'an as literature and culture 2009 but also simply "owl", given that the lil is building a home in the trunk of the tree.
She was the only wife of King Solomon to be mentioned by name in the Tanakh as having borne a child.
Common combinations with tanakh
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: