bimah

[ bee-muh, bee-mah ]

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

Origin of bimah

1
From Yiddish bime, or directly from Hebrew bīmāh, from Greek bêma bema

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British Dictionary definitions for bimah

bimah

bima

/ (ˈbiːmə) /


noun
  1. variant spellings of bema

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