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bimah
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[bee-muh, bee-mah]
noun
a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.
bimah
/ ˈːə /
noun
variant spellings of bema
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Last month, even he appeared near a breaking point, pleading to Mr. Netanyahu from his synagogue’s bimah, “Stop this runaway out-of-control car before it hurtles off the abyss.”
She stepped onto the bimah, the raised platform in synagogues from which services are led, and recalled that the last time she stood there, she was with her mom getting ready for services.
Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it.
Mrs. Gruver and her husband stand behind Noah at the bimah.
She did not stand at the central bimah podium.
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