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Books of the Tanakh
The Tanakh consists of twenty-four books, counting as one book each 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra–Nehemiah. The Twelve Minor Prophets (תרי עשר) are also counted as a single book. In Hebrew, the books are often referred to by their prominent first words. Torah
The Torah (תּוֹרָה, literally \"teaching\") is also known as the \"Pentateuch\", or as the \"Five Books of Moses\". Printed versions (rather than scrolls) of the Torah are often called Chamisha Chumshei Torah (חמישה חומשי תורה \"Five fifth-sections of the Torah\") and informally as Chumash. Bərē’šīṯ (בְּרֵאשִׁית, literally \"In the beginning\") – Genesis Šəmōṯ (שְׁמֹות, literally \"The names of\") – Exodus Vayyīqrā’ (וַיִּקְרָא, literally \"And He called\") – Leviticus Bəmīḏbar (בְּמִדְבַּר, literally \"In the desert of\") – Numbers Dəvārīm (דְּבָרִים, literally \"Things\" or \"Words\") – Deuteronomy Nevi\'im
Nevi\'im (נְבִיאִים Nəḇīʾīm, \"Prophets\") is the second main division of the Tanakh, between the Torah and Ketuvim. This division includes the books which cover the time from the entrance of the Israelites into the Land of Israel until the Babylonian captivity of Judah (the \"period of prophecy\"). Their distribution is not chronological, but substantive.
The Former Prophets (נביאים ראשונים Nevi\'im Rishonim) Yəhōšúaʿ (יְהוֹשֻעַ) – Joshua Šōfṭīm (שֹׁפְטִים) – Judges Šəmūʾēl (שְׁמוּאֵל) – Samuel Məlāḵīm (מְלָכִים) – Kings
The Latter Prophets (נביאים אחרונים Nevi\'im Aharonim) Yəšaʿyāhū (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ) – Isaiah Yīrməyāhū (יִרְמְיָהוּ) – Jeremiah Yəḥezqēʾl (יְחֶזְקֵאל) – Ezekiel
The Twelve Minor Prophets (תרי עשר, Trei Asar, \"The Twelve\"), which are considered one book: Hōšḗaʿ (הוֹשֵׁעַ) – Hosea Yōʾēl (יוֹאֵל) – Joel ʿĀmōs (עָמוֹס) – Amos ʿŌḇaḏyā (עֹבַדְיָה) – Obadiah Yōnā (יוֹנָה) – Jonah Mīḵā (מִיכָה) – Micah Naḥūm (נַחוּם) – Nahum Ḥăḇaqqūq (חֲבַקּוּק) – Habakkuk Ṣəfanyā (צְפַנְיָה) – Zephaniah Ḥaggay (חַגַּי) – Haggai Zəḵaryā (זְכַרְיָה) – Zechariah Malʾāḵī (מַלְאָכִי) – Malachi Ketuvim
Kəṯūḇīm (כְּתוּבִים, \"Writings\") consists of eleven books.
