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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Weird Word Wednesday

Bimah
      noun bi·mah \ˈbē-mə\
Definition of BIMAH

:  a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read
Variants of BIMAH

bi·mah also bi·ma \ˈbē-mə\

Origin of BIMAH

Yiddish & Late Hebrew; Yiddish bime, from Late Hebrew bīmāh, from Late Greek bēma raised platform — more at bema

First Known Use: 1941

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