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Hebrew term Chumash (also Ḥumash) (Hebrew: חומש‎,
pronounced [χuˈmaʃ] or pronounced [ħuˈmaʃ] or Yiddish:
pronounced [ˈχʊməʃ]) is a term for Torah in printed form as
opposed to the 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 a Hebrew name for the Five
Books of Moses, also known by the Latinised Greek term
Pentateuch in common printed editions.  Origin of the term[edit]
The Artscroll Chumash  The word "ḥumash" may be a misreading of
ḥomesh, meaning "one-fifth", alluding to any one of the five
books: as the Hebrew חומש has no vowel signs, it could be read
either way. It could also be regarded as a back-formed singular
of ḥumashim/ḥumshei (which is in fact the plural of ḥomesh).  In
early scribal practice there was a distinction between a Sefer
Torah, containing the entire Pentateuch on a parc