Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common name of the Hebrew Old Testament. The word is formed, with assistant vowels, from the Hebrew initial consonants of the names of the three divisions of the Old Testament, namely, Torah, the law (the Pentateuch), Nebiim, the prophets, and Ketubim, writings (Hagiographa).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a term used among Jews for the Hebrew Bible; the Old Testament.
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Examples
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The/tanak/in Remy's bones shifted, broken glass dragging over his nerves.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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Control reasserted itself, the bite of the/tanak/against his bones familiar and half welcome now, because the pain reminded him of Elise standing right there, looking up at him with a faint line between her eyebrows.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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Remy stepped around her, holding up his hands as their bright auras made the pain start in his bones, the/tanak/flinching away from the light.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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He would never have a chance to find a witch who could ease the constant, grinding pain of the/tanak/melded to his body, a useful symbiote but one the human body was never meant to carry.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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It glittered wet and red in the failing light, the/tanak/burning in his bones as it fought to repair internal bleeding.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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Which made his heart thump again, before the/tanak/tightened its control, bringing autonomic functions back down and chilling the surface of his skin with reaction.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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Remy's body jerked, the/tanak/growing restless under the prodding call.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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This could tear me apart worse than the/tanak/ever did.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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The/tanak/inside Remy's bones woke fully, grinding against his nerve-endings.
Watcher 3] Fire Watcher Saintcrow, Lilith 2006
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Aku yang tanak shopping kena pikir benda lain lak, de-stressed by getting this.
KLuBBKiDD'S RaVe 2008
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