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almemar

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al⋅me⋅mar

  [ahl-mee-mahr]
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–noun
bimah.
Origin:
< Ar al the + minbar stand, platform

bi⋅mah

  [bee-muh, bim-uh, bee-mah]
–noun
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.

Origin:
(< Yiddish bime) < Heb bīmāh < Gk bêma bema
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al·me·mar   (äl-mē'mär)   
n.   Judaism
See bema.

[Medieval Hebrew 'almēmār, from Arabic al-minbar, the pulpit : al-, the + minbar, pulpit (probably from Ethiopic manbar, seat, pulpit, or mənbār, seat, throne, both from nabara, to sit; see nbr in Semitic roots).]
be·ma   (bē'mə)   
n.   pl. be·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

  1. Judaism The platform from which services are conducted in a synagogue. Also called almemar.

  2. Eastern Orthodox Church The area of a church in which the altar is located; the sanctuary.


[Ultimately from Greek bēma, step, platform; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.]
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