Mayim's Endnote
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ENGLISH TRADITION |
HEBREW TRANSLITERATION |
TRANSLATION |
| Genesis | Bereishis | In the Beginning |
| Exodus | Shemot | Names |
| Leviticus | V'yakra | And He Called |
| Numbers | B'midvar | In the Desert |
| Deuteronomy | Devarim | Words or Things |
| Joshua | Yehoshua | God Saves |
| Judges | Shoftim | Judges |
| 1 Samuel | Shmuel Aleph | Heard by God - One |
| 2 Samuel | Shmuel Bet | Heard by God - Two |
| 1 Kings | Malachim - Aleph | Kings - One |
| 2 Kings | Malachim - Bet | Kings - Two |
| Isaiah | Yeshayahu | God is Salvation |
| Jeremiah | Yirmeyahu | God Lifts Up |
| Ezekiel | Yechezkel | God Strengthens |
| Hosea | Hoshea | God Save |
| Joel | Yo'el | God is God |
| Amos | Amos ("Ah-mose") | Burden Bearer |
| Obadiah | Ovadyah | Servant of God |
| Jonah | Yonah | Dove |
| Micah | Mikhah (shortened of "Mikhayah") | Who is Like God |
| Nahum | Nachum | Comforter |
| Habakkuk | Havakuk | Embracer |
| Zephaniah | Tz'fanyah | Hidden of God |
| Haggai | Hagai | My Feast |
| Zechariah | Z'kharyah | God Remembers |
| Malachi | Mal'akhi | My Messenger |
| Psalms | Tehillim ("Te-hee-leem") | Praises |
| Proverbs | Mishlei | My rule/wisdom |
| Job | Iyov ("Yobe") | Hostility |
| Song of Solomon | Shir Hashirim | The Song of Songs |
| Ruth | Rut (Moabite) | Chained/Welded |
| Lamentations | Eikhah | How? |
| Ecclesiastes | Kohelet | Community |
| Esther (Babylonian: "a star") | Ester [Hadasah] | Myrtle Tree |
| Daniel | Dani'el | God is My Judge |
| Ezra | Ezra | Helper/Help |
| Nehemiah | Nechemyah | God Comforts |
| 1 Chronicles | Davari Hayamim - Aleph | Word of the Ages - One |
| 2 Chronicles | Davari Hayamim - Bet | Word of the Ages - Two |
| 1 Maccabees | Makabim - Aleph | Hammers - One |
| 2 Maccabees | Makabim - Bet | Hammers - Two |
| Matthew | Mattityahu - ha'Levi | Gift of God - the Levite |
| (John) Mark | Yochanan-Makabi | God Enables - the Hammer |
| Luke | Ur | Light |
| John | Yochanan | God Enables |
| Acts of the Apostles | P'yilut Hashaliachim | Activity of the Sent Ones |
| Romans | [no Hebrew] | |
| 1 & 2 Corinthians | [no Hebrew] | |
| Galatians | [no Hebrew] | |
| Ephesians | [no Hebrew] | |
| Philippians | [no Hebrew] | |
| Colossians | [no Hebrew] | |
| 1 &2 Thessalonian | [no Hebrew] | |
| 1 & 2 Timothy | [no Hebrew] | |
| Titus | [no Hebrew] | |
| Philemon | [no Hebrew] | |
| Hebrews | Mashiakim Yehudim | Messianic Jews |
| James | Ya'akov | Heel of God |
| 1 & 2 Peter | Kefa - Aleph v'Bet | Stone |
| 1 & 2 & 3 John | Yochanan - Aleph v'Bet v'Gimmel | God Enables |
| Jude | Y'hudah | Praise With Hands Lifted |
| Revelation | Hagilu Natan Elohim | Revelation Given of God |
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