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
Ancestry of “בעל־תּנ״ך”, step by step
בעל־תּנ״ך traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish תּנ״ך
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | תּנ״ך | Tanakh, Bible |
| 2 | Hebrew | תנ״ך | A bible, A Bible |
| 3 | Hebrew | תּוֹרָה | instruction, law, teaching; Torah; instruction,... |
via Yiddish בעל
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | בעל | Used to create compounds with Hebrew-origin nouns to create nouns referring to a person related to the noun |
| 2 | Hebrew | בַּעַל | master; master, owner; lord, master; Baal |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | baʿl- | lord, master, owner; husband, master, owner;... |