Pentateuch

English

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe

From Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos), from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + τεῦχος (teûkhos, “tool, scroll, book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.təˌtjuːk/

  Rhymes: -uːk

Proper noun

Pentateuch

1. The Torah: the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Synonyms

• Books of Moses
• the Law
• Torah

Translations

first five books of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Pentateug (af)
• Arabic: تَوْرَاة‎ f (tawrāh)
• Bulgarian: петокнижие n (petoknižie)
• Catalan: Pentateuc m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩西五經, 摩西五经 (mo¹ sai¹ ng⁵ ging¹), 梅瑟五書, 梅瑟五书 (mui⁴ sat¹ ng⁵ syu¹) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 摩西五經 (zh), 摩西五经 (zh) (Móxi wǔjīng), 梅瑟五書, 梅瑟五书 (Méisè wǔshū) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 摩西五經, 摩西五经 (Mô͘-se Gō͘ Keng)

• Finnish: pentateukki
• Greek: Πεντάτευχος (el) f (Pentátefchos)

• Hebrew: תּוֹרָה‎ (he) f (toráh), חמישה חומשי תורה \ חֲמִשָּׁה חֻמְּשֵׁי תּוֹרָה‎ m pl (khamishá khum'shéi torá), תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה‎ f (torát moshé)
• Latin: Pentateuchus m
• Macedonian: Петокнижие n (Petoknižie)
• Persian: تورات‎ (fa)
• Polish: Pentateuch (pl) m, Pięcioksiąg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Pentateuco (pt) m
• Romanian: Pentateuh n
• Russian: Пятикни́жие (ru) n (Pjatiknížije)
• Spanish: Pentateuco (es) m
• Tagalog: Limaklat

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pentateuchus, from Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.taːˌtœy̯x/
• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧teuch

Proper noun

Pentateuch m

1. Pentateuch (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)

   Synonym: Tora

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnˈta.tɛwx/
• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧teuch
• Rhymes: -atɛwx

Proper noun

Pentateuch m inan

1. Pentateuch

   Synonyms: Pięcioksiąg, Tora

Declension

Declension of Pentateuch

	singular
nominative	Pentateuch
genitive	Pentateuchu
dative	Pentateuchowi
accusative	Pentateuch
instrumental	Pentateuchem
locative	Pentateuchu
vocative	Pentateuchu

Further reading

• Pentateuch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Pentateuch in Polish dictionaries at PWN