bema

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma, “a step”). Doublet of bima. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːmə/ Rhymes: -iːmə === Noun === bema (plural bemas or bemata) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. A raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing the Scrolls of the Torah. ==== Quotations ==== === References === “bema”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === Bame, BAME, ameb-, ambe, Beam, Mabe, BEAM, mabe, beam, Emba == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bema/ [be.ma] Rhymes: -ema, -a Hyphenation: be‧ma === Verb === bema third-person singular, with third-person singular direct object, imperative of eman (“to give”) == Fanagalo == === Etymology === From Zulu -bhema. === Verb === bema to smoke