בָּמָה f. (b. h.; prob. fr. בוא) entrance, gathering place, ascent (cmp. b. h. מָבוֹא a. מַעֲלֶה); esp. Bamah, name of the legitimate altars prior to, and of the illegitimate after, the establishment of a central sanctuary (at Shiloh) and of the Temple at Jerusalem; temporary or improvised altar; v. Zeb. XIV, 4—8.—Meg. I, 10 ב׳ גדולה national altar; ב׳ קטנה local altar (during their period of legitimacy); Tosef. Zeb. XIII, 17 sq.; a. fr.—Pl. בָּמוֹת Zeb. l. c. Ib. 114ᵇ בשעת היתר הב׳ at the period when bamoth were permitted. v. supra; a. fr. [Meg. 32ᵃ הלוחות והב׳, v. בִּימָה.] Cmp. בִּימָה.
בָּמָה
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בָּמָה f. (b. h.; prob. fr. בוא ) entrance, gathering place, ascent (cmp. b. h. מָבוֹא a. מַעֲלֶה ); esp. Bamah , name of the legitimate altars prior…
References
- Jastrow, בּוֹא 1
- Jastrow, מָבוֹא 1
- Jastrow, מַעֲלֶה I 1
- Mishnah Zevachim 14:4-8
- Mishnah Megillah 1:10
- Tosefta Zevahim 13:17
- Megillah 32a:6
- Jastrow, בִּימָה 1