Old Testament Books (Hebrew Meanings)

Hebrew TitleTransliteration*Hebrew MeaningEnglish
תּוֹרָה‎‎TorahInstructionThe 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
נְבִיאִיםNaviimProphetsThe 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
כְּתוּבִיםKethubimWritingsThe 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.