Can you make a Siyum on something in Torah without understanding it?

Question

May one make a Siyum on Tanach simply by reading without understanding the meaning of what one is learning?

Answer 1

In Guidelines by Rabbi Elozor Barclay and Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger, both for the 3 Weeks and for Pesach, they say that to make a siyum that permits meat & wine in the first case or breaking the fast Erev Pesach, it must be on one of the following:

1. A seder of Mishnayot (Zeraim, Moed, etc)
2. A masechet of Gemara
3. A sefer of Tanach learned b'iyun (which they do not define)
4. A chelek of Shulchan Aruch

I don't think a sefer one learned without understanding it qualifies as "b'iyun". If one wants to celebrate one's learning, and it is not permitting meat & wine during the Nine Days or permitting eating on the Fast of the Firstborn, one can, as one can celebrate any learning.

Answer 2

Kitzur Shuljan Aruch in Halachot Talmud Torah (27) halacha 5 states:

סעיף ה צריך ליזהר, בכל מה שהוא לומד, להוציאו בשפתיו ולהשמיע לאזניו, שנאמר לא ימוש ספר התורה הזה מפיך, והגית בו וגו', ומי שמוציא בשפתיו, אף על פי שאינו מבין, קיים מצות ולמדתם, ולכן כל עם הארץ מברך ברכת התורה בשחר לפני הפסוקים, וכן כשעולה לספר תורה. וכל העוסק בתורה, ואינו יכול להבין, מחמת קוצר דעתו, יזכה להבינה בעולם הבא. ‏

From the above we see that a person who gets called to the Torah recites a blessing even if he does not understand. Since whenever we finish one of the 5 books of the Chumash we make a syum, even though the possibility of reading without understanding exists, I would guess that it is possible to make a syum for Tanach even though it was not understood.