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TANAKH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
Synonyms:
Hebrew Scripture; Tanach; Tanakh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)
Meronyms (parts of "Tanakh"):
Laws; Pentateuch; Torah (the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)