Where does “בעל־תּנ״ך” come from?

בעל־תּנ״ך (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish תּנ״ך, from Hebrew תנ״ך, from Hebrew תּוֹרָה — instruction, law, teaching; Torah; instruction,...

בעל־תּנ״ך (Yiddish): expert on the Tanakh

Definitions

  1. expert on the Tanakh

Ancestry of “בעל־תּנ״ך”, step by step

בעל־תּנ״ך traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish תּנ״ך

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishתּנ״ךTanakh, Bible
2Hebrewתנ״ךA bible, A Bible
3Hebrewתּוֹרָהinstruction, law, teaching; Torah; instruction,...

via Yiddish בעל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishבעלUsed to create compounds with Hebrew-origin nouns to create nouns referring to a person related to the noun
2Hebrewבַּעַלmaster; master, owner; lord, master; Baal
3Proto-Semiticbaʿl-lord, master, owner; husband, master, owner;...
Every word from Hebrew תּוֹרָהEvery word from Hebrew תנ״ךEvery word from Yiddish תּנ״ך