Tanakh

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Hebrew Bible canonical scripture collection religious text

The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hebrew Bible	293
HebrewBible	3
Jewish Tanakh	3
Hebrew Bible canon	2
Hebrew Scriptures	1
Torah–Nevi'im–Ketuvim	1
the Hebrew Bible	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible ⓘ canonical scripture collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ
abbreviationOrigin	initial letters of Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim ⓘ
alternativeName	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Golus ⓘ surface form: Mikra
basisFor	Halakha ⓘ Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
centralTextFor	Judaism ⓘ
compiledIn	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
contains	Book of Daniel ⓘ Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Book of Job ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Book of Proverbs ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms
containsGenre	historical narrative ⓘ law ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophecy ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	yes ⓘ
hasPart	Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ surface form: Nevi'im Torah ⓘ
influenced	Septuagint ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Jewish law ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
partOf	Jewish canon ⓘ
primaryUse	legal interpretation ⓘ liturgical reading ⓘ religious study ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Karaite Jews ⓘ surface form: Karaite Judaism Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
sacredLanguageStatus	yes ⓘ
scriptureType	Jewish scripture ⓘ
structurePrinciple	Tanakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Torah–Nevi'im–Ketuvim
usedIn	Jewish education ⓘ rabbinic exegesis ⓘ synagogue services ⓘ
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (335)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Temple → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Jordan River → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Judah son of Jacob → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Keturah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Kidron Valley → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Korah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Levi → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Lod → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

subject surface form: Lydda

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Medan → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Megiddo → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Midian → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Miriam → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Moses → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mount Carmel → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mount Nebo → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mount Sinai → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mount Tabor → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Mount of Olives → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Naphtali → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Nebuchadnezzar II → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Nehemiah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Nehushta → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Nineveh → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Noah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Palestine → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Patriarch Isaac → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Pedaiah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Perizzites → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Reuben → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Riblah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Samaria → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Second Temple in Jerusalem → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Shalmaneser V → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Shealtiel → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Shechem → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Shfela (Judean lowlands) → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

subject surface form: Shfela

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Shuah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Sidon → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Siege of Samaria → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Simeon → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Susa → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Transjordanian territories of Israel → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tribe of Simeon → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ur of the Chaldeans → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Valley of Hinnom → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

Yekonyah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

prophet Zechariah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

subject surface form: Zechariah

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible

King Zedekiah of Judah → mentionedIn → Tanakh ⓘ

subject surface form: Zedekiah

this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible