BIMAH

Meaning of BIMAH in English

/bee"meuh, bim"euh, bee mah"/ , n.

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

Also, bema, bima . Also called almemar .

[ ( bime ) bimah bêma BEMA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BIMAH — also bima noun see: bema Date: 1941 a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIMAH — noun also bi·ma ˈbēmə ( -s ) Etymology: Yiddish bime, from Russian bima bema, from Late Greek bēma — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIMAH — also bi·ma ˈbē-mə Etymology: Yiddish & Late Hebrew; Yiddish bime, from Late Hebrew bīmāh, from Late Greek bēma raised platform …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIMAH — also spelled Bima, also called Almemar, or Almemor (from Arabic al-minbar, platform), in Jewish synagogues, a raised platform with a …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIMAH — (историческое) возвышение (место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIMAH — = bema
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIMAH — (n) возвышение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BIMAH — = bema
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BIMAH — = bema
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BIMAH — (историческое) возвышение (место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIMAH — Variant: also bi · ma Pronunciation: ' b ē -m ə Function: noun Etymology: Yiddish & Late Hebrew; Yiddish bime, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEMA — noun see: come Date: 1683 the usually raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar, bimah
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNAGOGUE — In Judaism, a community house of worship that also serves as a place for assembly and study. Though their exact …
Английский словарь Британика
BEMA — (Greek: "step") Raised stone platform originally used in Athens as a tribunal where orators addressed the citizens and courts of …
Английский словарь Британика
BIMA — noun see bimah
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAKAFOTH — noun plural or ha·ka·fot or hak·ka·foth or hak·ka·fot ˈhäkəˌfōth, -ōs, -ōt Etymology: Hebrew haqqāphōth, plural of haqqāphāh circuit : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALMEMAR — alˈmēˌmär noun or al·me·mor -ȯ(ə)r ( -s ) Etymology: Hebrew almēmār, from Arabic al-minbar the pulpit : a platform in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEMA — /bee"meuh/ , n. , pl. bemata /-meuh teuh/ , bemas . 1. Eastern Ch. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALMEMAR — /ahl mee"mahr/ , n. bimah. [ al the + minbar stand, platform ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIMA — see bimah
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEMA — noun Etymology: Late Latin & Late Greek; Late Latin, from Late Greek bēma, from Greek, step, tribunal, from bainein to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNAGOGUE — also spelled Synagog, in Judaism, a community house of worship that serves as a place not only for liturgical services …
Britannica English vocabulary
SYNAGOGUE — n. In Judaism, a community house of worship that also serves as a place for assembly and study. Though their …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEMA — n. (Greek: "step") Raised stone platform originally used in Athens as a tribunal where orators addressed the citizens and courts …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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