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Chumash.

Any book of the Pentateuch.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈxʊməʃ//ˈhʊməʃ//xuːˈmɑːʃ/
  1. Any book of the Pentateuch.

    Judaism
  2. The Pentateuch collectively.

Where this word comes from

From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).

noun/ˈt͡ʃumɑʃ//ˈt͡ʃumæʃ//ˈʃumɑʃ/
  1. A member of a particular Native American people of southern California.

Where this word comes from

From Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).

name/ˈt͡ʃumɑʃ//ˈt͡ʃumæʃ//ˈʃumɑʃ/
  1. The colonial given language name of this tribe.

Where this word comes from

From Ineseño čʰumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).

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