bimah

Definitions

• n. Pulpit; "A raised platform or stage in a synagogue from which the Torah is read and services are led." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "But don't expect him to talk about politics from the bimah." (source)
  

• "The cantor sang on the bimah."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• בימה
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

Alternative Spellings

bima