almemar

noun

al·​me·​mar

alˈmēˌmär

variants or almemor

-ȯ(ə)r

plural -s

: a platform in a Jewish synagogue bearing the reading desk from which are read the Pentateuch and the Prophets

called also bema, bimah

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew almēmār, from Arabic al-minbar the pulpit

First Known Use

1731, in the meaning defined above

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