Menorah

1 (Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation

2 (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival

English

Etymology

From Hebrew , from the same Semitic root as minaret.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈnɔːɹə/

• Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Noun

1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
   • 1985: ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
2. A candelabrum with eight branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

Translations

• Bosnian: menora
• Croatian: menora
• Dutch: menora
• Finnish: menora
• German: Menora
• Hebrew: מנורה
• Hungarian: menóra
• Italian: menorah
• Japanese: メノーラー
• Korean: 메노라
• Ladino: menora
• Lithuanian: menora
• Polish: menora
• Portuguese: menorá
• Russian: менора
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: менора

  Roman: menora

• Spanish: menora, menorá
• Swedish: menora
• Turkish: menora

Menorah may refer to:

• Menorah (Temple) - the seven-branched candelabrum, one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people and used in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
• Menorah (Hanukkah) - the nine-branched candelabrum used for Hanukkah, also called a Hanukiah.

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