bimah

[ bee-muh, bee-mah ]

/ ˈbi mə, biˈmɑ /

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noun

a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.

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Also bi·ma, bema .

Also called almemar.

Origin of bimah

From Yiddish bime, or directly from Hebrew bīmāh, from Greek bêma bema

Words nearby bimah

Biloxi, bilsted, biltong, Bim, bimaculate, bimah, bimane, bimanous, bimanual, bimble box, bimbo

British Dictionary definitions for bimah

bimah

bima

/ (ˈbiːmə) /

noun

variant spellings of bema

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