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/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.təˌtuːk/, /ˈpɛn.təˌtʊk/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪn.təˌtuːk/

  Rhymes: -uːk

Proper noun

the 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)
• Asturian: Pentateucu (ast)
• Breton: Pentateuc'h
• 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)

  Hokkien: 摩西五經 / 摩西五经 (Mô͘-se Gō͘ Keng)

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

• Danish: Mosebøgerne (literally “Moses' books”)
• Finnish: pentateukki
• French: Pentateuque (fr) m
• Galician: Pentateuco m
• Greek: Πεντάτευχος (el) f (Pentátefchos)

  Ancient Greek: πεντάτευχος m (pentáteukhos)

• Hebrew: תּוֹרָה (he) f (toráh), חמישה חומשי תורה \ חֲמִשָּׁה חֻמְּשֵׁי תּוֹרָה m pl (khamishá khum'shéi torá), תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה f (torát moshé)
• Indonesian: Pentateukh, Taurat
• Italian: Pentateuco (it) m
• Japanese: モーセ五書 (Mōse go-sho, literally “Moses' five books”)
• Latin: Pentateuchus m
• Lithuanian: Penkiãknygė f
• Macedonian: Петокнижие n (Petoknižie)
• Old Church Slavonic: пѧтикънижьѥ n (pętikŭnižĭje)
• 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
• Swedish: pentateuken (sv) c
• Tagalog: Limaklat
• Ukrainian: П'ятикнижжя (Pʺjatyknyžžja)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.taːˌtœy̯x/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Pen‧ta‧teuch

Proper noun

Pentateuch m

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

   Synonym: Tora

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Pentateug
• → Indonesian: Pentateukh

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pentateuch m inan

1. (Judaism) 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN