Etymology

Chamisha Chumshei Torah

Today it means: The Pentateuch collectively. Full definition →

Hebrew חמשה חומשי תורה
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromחמשה חומשי תורה
  2. English todayChamisha Chumshei Torah

From Hebrew חמשה חומשי תורה (literally “five-fifths of the Torah”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.