humashim

Hu·mash

[Sephardic Hebrew khoo-mahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew khoo-muhsh]
noun, plural Hu·ma·shim [Sephardic Hebrew khoo-mah-sheem; Ashkenazic Hebrew khoo-maw-shim] . Hebrew.
the Pentateuch.
Also, Chumash.


Origin:
ḥummāsh, akin to ḥāmēsh five

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