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Why is the Tanakh called the tanakh?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

'tah-NAKH' is a Hebrew 3-letter acronym, formed by the initial letters of the Hebrew words for -- Torah -- Prophets ('neh-VEE-ihm') -- Writings ('kheh-TOO-vihm') So it's just the top-level generic descriptor for its contents.

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16y ago

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