name
Meaning 1
Any book of the Pentateuch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Chumash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈxʊməʃ/ Ashkenazi
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/ˈhʊməʃ/ Ashkenazi
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/xuːˈmɑːʃ/
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/ˈt͡ʃumɑʃ/
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/ˈt͡ʃumæʃ/
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rhymes with -æʃ
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/ˈʃumɑʃ/ hyperforeign
name
Meaning 2
The Pentateuch collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
The colonial given language name of this tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of a particular Native American people of southern California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
From Yiddish חומש (khumesh), from Hebrew חֻמָּשׁ (khumásh), from חֲמִישָּׁה (khamishá, “five”).
From Ineseño čhumaš (“the Santa Barbara Channel Island people”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hebrew: חוּמָשׁ (khumásh) — one of the Five Books of Moses
- Ladino: Humash — one of the Five Books of Moses
- Yiddish: חומש (khumesh) — one of the Five Books of Moses
- Hebrew: חוּמָשׁ (khumásh) — the Five Books of Moses
- Hebrew: חמישה חומשי תורה — the Five Books of Moses
- Ladino: Humash — the Five Books of Moses
- Ladino: Hamishá Humshei Torá — the Five Books of Moses
- Spanish: jumash — the Five Books of Moses
- Yiddish: חומש (khumesh) — the Five Books of Moses