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n. The individual who chants Torah from the scroll at a synagogue. Sometimes used to refer specifically to a person capable of learning and chanting an entire parsha, or to a professional/paid reader as opposed to an amateur.
"Our baal koreh will be reading the first five aliyot, but the bar mitzvah boy will handle the last two."
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בעל קורא ba'al kore 'master reader'
baal korei, baal-kore, bal koreh, baal koreh, baalat koreh, baalat korei, baalat-kore, balat koreh
Also baal keriah / ba'al k'riyah / bal kriya (Heb. בעל קריאה), which is "correct" according to Hebrew grammar. "Ba'alat korei" is the feminine counterpart. (JPS) "Ba'alei korei" is the plural masculine counterpart. "Ba'altot korei" is the plural feminine counterpart.
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