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bemas (podiums (platforms), platforms (floors), ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Refers to the apse or chancel of a basilica, usually in the context of ancient or Early Christian basilicas or meeting places, synagogues, or Eastern Orthodox churches. In modern times it most commonly refers to an elevated platform in a synagogue on which the Torah reading stand is placed; in the Ashkenazi (German) ritual, the Torah and Haftarah (a reading from the prophets) are read on the Sabbath and festivals. In the Sephardic (Spanish) rite, the entire service is conducted from the platform. At an earlier date, when the bimah was positioned in the center of the synagogue (as it still is in Sephardic and many Orthodox Ashkenazi synagogues), the attention of the congregation was divided between it and the Ark of the Law.
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| Terms: |
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| bemas (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| bema (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| bimah (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
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| bimas (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| tebahs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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............ | meaning "boxes," term used by the Sephardim |
| tebas (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| almemars (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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............ | term used in Islamic culture |
| almemors (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| bema's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| bèma (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| bêma (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)
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| Bema (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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| Almemar (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Almemor (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Bemata (C,V,German,AD,PN)
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| Bimah (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| Tevah (C,V,German,AD,SN)
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| bimahs (C,U,Hebrew (transliterated)-P,D,U,PN)
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............ | term used by the Ashkenazim |
| tevahs (C,U,Hebrew (transliterated),UF,U,N)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ architectural elements (G) |
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.................... <surface elements and surface element components> (G) |
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........................ surface elements (architectural) (G) |
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............................ <floors and floor components> (G) |
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................................ floors (surface elements) (G) |
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.................................... platforms (floors) (G) |
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........................................ podiums (platforms) (G) |
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............................................ bemas (G) |
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Objects Facet |
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.... Components (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ components (objects parts) (G) |
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............ <components by specific context> (G) |
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................ architectural elements (G) |
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.................... <architectural elements by building type> (G) |
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........................ religious building fixtures (G) |
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............................ Jewish religious building fixtures (G) |
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................................ bemas (G) |
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| Dutch ..... Verwijst in de meest strikte zin naar een verhoogd platform waarop een redenaar of priester een groep mensen toespreekt. In algemenere zin wordt de term gebruikt om te verwijzen naar de apsis of kansel in een basiliek. De term wordt gewoonlijk gebruikt in de context van oud- of vroegchristelijke basilieken of ontmoetingsplaatsen, synagogen of oosters-orthodoxe kerken. In de moderne tijd verwijst de term meestal naar een verhoogd platform in een synagoge waarop de leesstandaard voor de Thora wordt geplaatst. |
| German ..... Apsis oder Altarraum einer Basilika, gewöhnlich im Kontext antiker oder früher christlicher Basiliken oder Begegnungsstätten, Synagogen oder orthodoxen östlichen Kirchen. In neuerer Zeit ein erhöhter Platz in einer Synagoge, auf der das Lesepult für die Tora steht; in Zeremonien der Aschkenasim, den Juden Nord-, Mittel- und Osteuropas, werden Toralesung und Haftara (Lesung der Prophetenbücher) am Sabbat und zu jüdischen Feiertagen abgehalten. Im Ritus der Sephardim, den Juden der iberischen Halbinsel, wird die gesamte Zeremonie von der Bema aus geführt. In früherer Zeit, als die Bema in der Mitte der Synagoge aufgestellt war (wie heute noch in sephardischen und vielen orthodoxen aschkenasischen Synagogen), war die Aufmerksamkeit der Gemeinde geteilt zwischen Bema und Toraschrein. |
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