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bimah

[ bee-muh, bee-mah ]

noun

  1. a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.

bimah

/ ˈbiːmə /

noun

  1. variant spellings of bema
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bimah1

From Yiddish bime, or directly from Hebrew bīmāh, from Greek bêma bema

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