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Note: Nachum is similar to and from the same word root as "nichum" which means the act of comforting or consoling.
The female form of the name is "Nechama". You can see how it looks in Hebrew here.
Hear "Nahum (Nachum)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Hear "Habakkuk (Chavakuk)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Hear "Zephaniah (Tzephanyah)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Note: Chagai means "my holidays" in Hebrew.
Hear "Haggai (Chagai)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Note: Zecharya means "remembrance of God" in Hebrew.
Hear "Zechariah (Zecharyah)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Note: Malachi means "my servant" in Hebrew.
Hear "Malachi" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
The Hebrew Bible is called the "Tanach" (תָּנָ"ך), which is an abbreviation for its three sections: The first section--the "ת"--is the תּוֹרָה (Torah), which in this case refers to the first five books. This section is also called the "חוּמָּשׁ" (Khoo-MAHSH). The second section--the "נ"--is the נְבִיאִים (nə-vee-EEM) (Prophets). The third section--the "ך"--is the כְּתוּבִים (kə-too-VEEM) (Writings). (Note that in the abbreviation, there is a final ך because it is the final letter of the abbreviation, even though the word "כְּתוּבִים" begins with a regular כּ).
Hear "Writings (Ketuvim)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Note: "Tehila" means "praise" in Hebrew, so Sefer Tehillim means "Book of Praises".
"Tehila" is also a popular Hebrew name for a girl. You can see how to write it in Hebrew here.
Hear "Psalms (Tehillim)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Note: In Hebrew a "mashal" is a parable, so Sefer Mishlei means "book of parables".
Hear "Proverbs (Mishlei)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
Hear "Job (Iyov)" pronounced in Modern Hebrew by an Israeli:
