Etymology

menorah

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Today it means: A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem. Full definition →

Hebrew מְנוֹרָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromמְנוֹרָה
  2. English todaymenorah

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

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