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bimah

[ bee-muh, bim-uh, bee-mah ]
/ ˈbi mə, ˈbɪm ə, biˈmɑ /

noun

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

Nearby words

  1. biloxi,
  2. bilsted,
  3. biltong,
  4. bim,
  5. bimaculate,
  6. bimanal,
  7. bimane,
  8. bimanous,
  9. bimanual,
  10. bimanual version
Also bema, bi·ma.

Origin of bimah

(< Yiddish bime) < Hebrew bīmāh < Greek bêma bema
Also called almemar.
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British Dictionary definitions for bimah

bimah

bima

/ (ˈbiːmə) /

noun

variant spellings of bema
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