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Chumash (Judaism)

Chumash from Basel, 1943, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection.

Chumash (also Ḥumash; Hebrew: חומש, pronounced [χuˈmaʃ] or pronounced [ħuˈmaʃ] or Yiddish: pronounced [ˈχʊməʃ]; plural Ḥumashim) is a Torah in printed in book bound form (i.e. codex) as opposed to a Torah scroll.

The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, ḥamesh (חמש). A more formal term is Ḥamishah Ḥumshei Torah, "five fifths of Torah". It is also known by the Latinised Greek term Pentateuch in common printed editions.[1]

  1. ^ Zaklikowski, Dovid. "What does Chumash mean?". Chabad.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.

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