Old Testament Books (Hebrew Meanings)

Hebrew Title	Transliteration*	Hebrew Meaning	English
תּוֹרָה‎‎	Torah	Instruction	The Law
1. בְּרֵאשִׁית 2. שמות 3. ויקרא 4. במדבר 5. דְּבָרִים	Bereshit Shemot Vayikra Bemidbar Debharim	By Way of Beginning These are the Names And He Called In the Wilderness These are the Words	Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
נְבִיאִים	Naviim	Prophets	The Prophets
6. יְהוֹשֻעַ 7. שופטים 8. שְׁמוּאֵל 9. מלכים 10. יְשַׁעְיָהוּ 11. יִרְמְיָהוּ 12. יְחֶזְקֵאל 13. תרי עשר a. הוֹשֵׁעַ b. יוֹאֵל c. עָמוֹס d. עֹבַדְיָה e. יוֹנָה f. מִיכָה g. נַחוּם h. חֲבַקּוּק i. צְפַנְיָה j. חַגַּי k. זְכַרְיָה l. מַלְאָכִי	Yehoshua Shophtim Shemuel Melakhim Yeshayahu Yirmiyahu Yehezqel Trei Asar a. Hoshea b. Yoel c. Ahmos d. Obahdhiyah e. Yonah f. Mikah g. Nahoum h. Habhaqquq i. Sephaniyah j. Haggay k. Zekharyah l. Malakhiy	Joshua Judges Samuel (I & II) Kings (I & II) Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel The Twelve Prophets Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi	Joshua Judges Samuel (I & II) Kings (I & II) Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel The Twelve Prophets a. Hosea b. Joel c. Amos d. Obadiah e. Jonah f. Micah g. Nahum h. Habakkuk i. Zephaniah j. Haggai k. Zechariah l. Malachi
כְּתוּבִים	Kethubim	Writings	The Writings
14. תהלים 15. משלי 16. אִיּוֹב 17. שִׁיר הַשׁשִׁירִים 18. רוּת 19. איכה 20. קֹהְלְת 21. אֶסְתֵר 22. דָּנִיֵּאל 23. עזרא ונחמיה 24. דברי הימים	Tehillim Mishley Iyob Shiyr Hashirim Root Eikah Qoheleth Ester Dani El Etzra v' Nechemiyah Divrei Hayamim	Praises Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth How The Preacher Esther Daniel Ezra-Nehemiah Words of the Days	Psalms Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra-Nehemiah Chronicles (I & II)

* In Biblical Hebrew the letter ב 'B' represents both B and V.