About & credits
Torah: Word by Word presents the Torah and the Writings word by word — Hebrew, transliteration, root, gematria, a plain translation, and the classic commentaries — assembled from freely-licensed sources so it can be read by anyone, anywhere, at no cost.
The edition
Compiled by Asaf Fulks. Book design and layout by Yakira Shimoni Fulks. Published by The Forum Press, a Fulks Inc company.
About the compiler
Asaf David Fulks — the compiler of Torah: Word by Word — is an attorney, entrepreneur, and educator who keeps a traditional Jewish home and studies Torah daily. He learns with Rabbi Aaron Berkowitz of Chabad of Huntington Beach and with Rabbi Yonasan Abrams of Chabad of Temecula, and this edition grew out of that study: a way to open the text one word at a time — the Hebrew, its translation, its numerical value, and its meaning.
He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Denison University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Taft Law School. A member of the California Bar who is also admitted in federal court and has appeared pro hac vice in Hawaii, he practices litigation and intellectual-property law. In 2005 he founded The OC Recording Company — an accredited recording studio and audio school — where, over two decades as a professional audio engineer and music producer, he has led thousands of sessions and taught and mentored hundreds of students. He is a U.S. patent holder and the author of “In the Studio: Audio Engineering and Music Production Techniques” and “Consensus Change Standards,” both published by The Forum Press.
He descends from a distinguished family of Jewish leaders and public servants — among them his great-grandfather, Rabbi Chacham Shalom Shimoni, a spiritual leader of Kurdish Jewry in Kurdistan and Jerusalem, and his grandfather Haviv Shimoni, a member of the Israeli Knesset.
This edition gathers the Hebrew text, a word-by-word gloss, the gematria of every word and verse, a plain English translation, and the classic commentaries into a single interlinear reading — offered free, and corrected in the open with the help of its readers. Book design and layout are by Yakira Shimoni Fulks.
Text credits & permissions — the Torah
TEXT CREDITS & PERMISSIONS
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss, Targum Onkelos translation, and (Genesis) Ibn Ezra translation © the publisher. Word senses from the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906; public domain).
Rashi: trans. M. Rosenbaum & A. M. Silbermann (public domain). Targum Yonatan: trans. J. W. Etheridge, 1862 (public domain). Or HaChaim and Rashbam: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0).
Used under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license: Ramban (trans. Charles B. Chavel); Sforno, Chizkuni, Rabbeinu Bahya, Tur HaArokh, and Daat Zkenim (trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk); Kli Yakar (Sefaria, ed. Francis Nataf). Classical commentary texts sourced via Sefaria (www.sefaria.org).
Credits by book — the Writings
Yehoshua · Joshua
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Shoftim · Judges
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Shmuel Aleph · I Samuel
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Shmuel Bet · II Samuel
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Melachim Aleph · I Kings
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Melachim Bet · II Kings
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Yeshayahu · Isaiah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Yirmiyahu · Jeremiah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Yechezkel · Ezekiel
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Hoshea · Hosea
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Yoel · Joel
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Amos · Sefer Amos
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Ovadiah · Obadiah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Yonah · Jonah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Michah · Micah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Nachum · Nahum
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Chavakuk · Habakkuk
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Tzefanyah · Zephaniah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Chaggai · Haggai
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Zecharyah · Zechariah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Malachi · Sefer Malachi
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Commentaries — Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Radak (R. David Kimchi), Metzudat David, Metzudat Zion, Malbim, and Abarbanel (Don Isaac Abarbanel): English translations © the publisher, prepared from the public-domain Hebrew texts (standard printed editions; Radak and Abarbanel from the traditional texts of the Mikraot Gedolot and the standard Abarbanel editions, public domain by age; Malbim from the public-domain Wikisource edition; Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion from the public-domain Hebrew). Every translation in this volume was independently verified against the Hebrew original under the publisher's editorial direction.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data (CC0). All contents of this volume are public domain or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Tehillim · Psalms
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by Rabbi A. J. Rosenberg (CC-BY, courtesy of Judaica Press via Sefaria); Divine Name normalized to “Hashem.”
Radak: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (The Psalms with Qimchi’s Longer Commentary, Leipzig, 1883). Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Daat edition). Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translations © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data. All contents of this volume are public domain, CC0, CC-BY (with attribution as above), or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Mishlei · Proverbs
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by Rabbi A. J. Rosenberg (CC-BY, courtesy of Judaica Press via Sefaria); Divine Name normalized to “Hashem.”
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Daat edition) of the commentary traditionally printed under the name of Abraham ibn Ezra (attributed by many scholars to Moses Kimhi). Ralbag (Gersonides): English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translations © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource edition).
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data. All contents of this volume are public domain, CC0, CC-BY (with attribution as above), or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Iyov · Job
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: Rashi’s commentary on Job is genuine; scholars note that the commentary on the final chapters was completed by others of his school after his death. English from The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem”; six comments missing from that edition (4:13, 6:1, 20:6, 26:7, 32:6, 33:26) translated by the publisher from the public-domain Hebrew.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides): English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (the source editions carry no comments on chapters 2 and 42). Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
Malbim: English translation adapted in part from Malbim on Job, translated by Jeremy I. Pfeffer (Ktav Publishing House, 2003), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; the remaining comments translated by the publisher from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource).
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria’s open Tanakh link data. All contents of this volume are public domain, CC0, CC-BY (with attribution as above), or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Eichah · Lamentations
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by Rabbi A. J. Rosenberg (CC-BY, courtesy of Judaica Press via Sefaria); Divine Name normalized to “Hashem.”
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource edition). Alshich: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew of Palgei Mayim (Alshich on the Five Megillot, Warsaw, 1862).
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data. All contents of this volume are public domain, CC0, CC-BY (with attribution as above), or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Rut · Ruth
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Metsudah Five Megillot (Metsudah Publications, Lakewood, N.J., 2001), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem,” with the translator's footnotes carried as trailing notes.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Daat edition). Alshich: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew of Einei Moshe (Alshich on the Five Megillot, Warsaw, 1862). Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource edition). Ralbag: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Perush al Hamesh Megillot, Königsberg, 1860).
Cross-references courtesy of Sefaria's open Tanakh link data. All contents of this volume are public domain, CC0, CC-BY (with attribution as above), or © the publisher. No copyrighted third-party text is included.
Shir HaShirim · Song of Songs
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain), with the Divine Name rendered “Hashem”; adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Metsudah Five Megillot (Metsudah Publications, Lakewood, N.J., 2001), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem,” with the translator's footnotes carried as trailing notes.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Canticles). Sforno: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Chamesh Megillot, Warsaw, 1875). Alshich: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew of Shoshanat HaAmakim (Alshich on the Five Megillot, Warsaw, 1862). Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translations © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
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Kohelet · Ecclesiastes
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Metsudah Five Megillot (Metsudah Publications, Lakewood, N.J., 2001), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem,” with the translator's footnotes carried as trailing notes.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource edition). Alshich: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew of Devarim Tovim (Alshich on the Five Megillot, Warsaw, 1862). Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translations © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
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Esther · Megillat Esther
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: The Metsudah Five Megillot (Metsudah Publications, Lakewood, N.J., 2001), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem,” with the translator's footnotes carried as trailing notes.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Kol Sason, Krotoschin, 1840 — the standard recension; a second early recension of Ibn Ezra on Esther also survives). Alshich: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew of Masat Moshe (Alshich on the Five Megillot, Warsaw, 1862). Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Maharal: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew text of Ohr Chadash (the Maharal of Prague; base text only, without later annotations).
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Daniel · Sefer Daniel
Hebrew and Aramaic: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: English from The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem”; one comment (5:19) translated by the publisher from the public-domain Hebrew.
Ibn Ezra: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource). Joseph ibn Yahya: from Perush Chamesh Megillot u-Ketuvim (Bologna, 1538; public domain); English translation © the publisher.
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Ezra · Sefer Ezra
Hebrew and Aramaic: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: the commentary printed as Rashi on Ezra (traditionally attributed; scholarship regards it as a later school). English: The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem.”
Ibn Ezra: the commentary printed as Ibn Ezra on Ezra–Nehemiah (attributed to R. Moses Kimchi per Sefaria's own index). English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource). Ralbag: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
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Nechemiah · Nehemiah
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: the commentary printed as Rashi on Nehemiah (traditionally attributed; scholarship regards it as a later school). English: The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem.”
Ibn Ezra: the commentary printed as Ibn Ezra on Ezra–Nehemiah (attributed to R. Moses Kimchi per Sefaria's own index). English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource). Ralbag: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew.
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I Chronicles · Divrei HaYamim Aleph
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: the commentary printed as Rashi on Chronicles — traditionally ascribed to him; scholars regard it as the work of a later commentator of his school. English from The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem”; five comments (16:8, 13, 15, 17, 18) translated by the publisher from the public-domain Hebrew.
Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides): English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource).
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II Chronicles · Divrei HaYamim Bet
Hebrew: Masoretic Text (public domain). English translation: adapted and modernized from The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1917; public domain); adaptation © the publisher. Word-by-word gloss © the publisher.
Rashi: the commentary printed as Rashi on Chronicles — traditionally ascribed to him; scholars regard it as the work of a later commentator of his school. English from The Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg (Judaica Press), CC-BY, courtesy of Sefaria; Divine Name normalized to “Hashem”.
Ralbag (Levi ben Gershom, Gersonides): English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (five comments whose source text is illegible in the available scan are omitted). Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew. Malbim: English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew (Wikisource).
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Sources
| Source | License | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew (Masoretic Text) | Public Domain | |
| English translation | PD JPS 1917, modernized | Adapted from The Holy Scriptures (JPS, 1917; public domain); modernized, © the publisher |
| Targum Onkelos | © publisher | English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Aramaic |
| Ibn Ezra | © publisher | English translation © the publisher, from the public-domain Hebrew |
| Rashi | Public Domain | trans. M. Rosenbaum & A. M. Silbermann (1929–34; public domain) |
| Ramban (Nachmanides) | CC-BY | trans. Charles B. Chavel — used under CC-BY |
| Sforno | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Or HaChaim | CC0 | Sefaria Community Translation (CC0) |
| Chizkuni | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Rabbeinu Bahya | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Kli Yakar | CC-BY | Sefaria (ed. Francis Nataf) — used under CC-BY |
| Tur HaArokh | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Gematria notes | © publisher | |
| Cross-references | © publisher | |
| Insights | © publisher | |
| Targum Yonatan ben Uziel | Public Domain | trans. J. W. Etheridge (1862; public domain) |
| Rashbam | CC0 | Sefaria Community Translation (CC0) |
| Daat Zkenim | CC-BY | trans. Rabbi Eliyahu Munk — used under CC-BY |
| Word senses | Public Domain | Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906; public domain) |
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