Books of the Tanach


Bereishit............... Genesis

Shemot ...............Exodus

VaYikra ...............Leviticus

BaMidbar ...............Numbers

Devarim ...............Deuteronomy

Yehoshua ...............Joshua

Shoftim ...............Judges

Rut ...............Ruth

Shmuel ...............Samuel

Melachim ...............Kings

Divrei HaYamim ...............Chronicles

Ezra ...............Ezra

Nechemya ...............Nehemiah

Ester/Hadassah ...............Esther/Myrtle

Iyov ...............Job

Tehillim ...............Psalms

Mishlei ...............Proverbs

Kohelet ...............Ecclesiastes

Shir HaShirim ...............Song of Songs

Yeshayahu ...............Isaiah

Yirmeyahu ...............Jeremiah

Eicha ...............Lamentations

Yechezkel ...............Ezekiel

Daniel ...............Daniel

Hoshea ...............Hosea

Yoel ...............Joel

'Amos ...............Amos

'Ovadya ...............Obadiah

Yonah ...............Jonah

Micha ...............Micah

Nachum ...............Nahum

Chavakkuk ...............Habakkuk

Tzefanya ...............Zephaniah

Chaggai ...............Haggai

Zecharya ...............Zechariah

Malachi ...............Malachi



The Hebraic Meaning


Bereishit ..........In The Beginning

Shemot ..........Names

VaYikra ..........And He Called

BaMidbar ..........In The Wilderness

Devarim ..........Words

Yehoshua ..........G-d is Salvation

Rut ..........Friendship

Shmuel ..........His name is G-d

Divrei HaYamim ..........Words Of The Days

Ezra ..........Help

Ester/Hadassah ..........Star/Myrtle Tree

Iyov..........Hated, oppressed

Tehillim ..........Praises

Mishlei ..........Proverbs/Wisdom

Kohelet ..........Maggid/Preacher; speaker; collector of sentences; assembly of people.

Yeshayahu ..........G-d is Salvation

Yirmeyahu ..........G-d will raise up

Eicha ..........Alas!

Yechezkel ..........G-d will strengthen

Daniel ..........G-d is My Judge

Hoshea ..........Salvation

Yoel ..........G-d is willing; Hashem is G-d

'Amos ..........To be burdened; troubled

'Ovadya ..........Servant of G-d

Yonah ..........Dove

Micha ..........Who is like G-d?

Nachum ..........Comfort

Chavakkuk ..........To wrestle; to embrace

Tzefanya ..........Hidden by G-d

Chaggai ..........My feast; festive

Zecharya ..........Memory; remembrance of Hashem

Malachi ..........My messenger; my minister; my servant