The Hebrew term
Chumash (also
Ḥumash; , or or
Yiddish: ) is a
Torah in printed 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 a Hebrew name for the
Five Books of Moses, also known by the Latinised Greek term
Pentateuch in common printed editions.