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Jewish vs Bimah - What's the difference?

jewish | bimah |

As an adjective Jewish

is being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.

As a proper noun Jewish

is the Yiddish language.

As a noun bimah is

the elevated platform in a Jewish synagogue from which the Torah is read.

jewish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
  • Yiddish

    • Synonyms

    * Israelite

    Antonyms

    * Gentile

    Derived terms

    * Jewishly * Jewishness * Jewish calendar * Jewish lightning * Jewish piano * ex-Jewish

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.

    • See also

    * Hebrew * Israeli * Evrite, Ivrite

    bimah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bima

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia bimah)
  • The elevated platform in a Jewish synagogue from which the Torah is read.

    • Usage notes

    Bimahs'' is the plural form often used in English. In transliterated Hebrew, the plural is ''bimot .[http://books.google.com/books?id=uv1c0gkDgLsC&pg=PA4]

    Synonyms

    * almemar * tebah