Humash

[ Sephardic Hebrew khoo-mahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew khoo-muhsh ]

noun,plural Hu·ma·shim [Sephardic Hebrew khoo-mah-sheem; Ashkenazic Hebrew khoo-maw-shim]. /Sephardic Hebrew xu mɑˈʃim; Ashkenazic Hebrew xʊˈmɔ ʃɪm/. Hebrew.
  1. the Pentateuch.

Origin of Humash

1
ḥummāsh, akin to ḥāmēsh five

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