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Where does “Chumash” come from?

Chumash derives from Hebrew חומש, from Hebrew חמש, from Proto-Semitic ḫamš-, meaning five.

Chumash (English): A member of a particular Native American tribe of...

Definitions

  1. A member of a particular Native American tribe of...

Ancestry of “Chumash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishחומשA Chumash; the Torah in book form, as opposed to...
2HebrewחומשA Chumash; the Torah in book form, as opposed to...
3Hebrewחמשfeminine of חֲמִישָּׁה; five
4Proto-Semiticḫamš-five
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