menorah
A Hanukkah menorah.
Meaning
Noun
- A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
- A candelabrum (hanukkiah) with nine branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
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Origin
- From Hebrew מְנוֹרָה. From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- as minaret.
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