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# menorah

«menorah» in Mova's school dictionary: **A candle holder with branches, used in the Jewish religion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a menorah, menorahs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A candle holder with branches, used in the Jewish religion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#m1)

2) The nine-branched one, lit during the festival of Hanukkah (also called a hanukkiah). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#m2)

3) The seven-branched one, an old symbol of Judaism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education lessons about Judaism and festivals of light. During Hanukkah, one more candle is lit each night for eight nights, plus a helper candle. In maths: counting the candles lit over the eight nights. Phrases: light the menorah.

### examples

- The family lit the menorah for Hanukkah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x1)
- A Hanukkah menorah has nine branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x2)
- Each night of Hanukkah, one more candle is lit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x3)
- The menorah stood in the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x4)
- We learned about the menorah in RE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x5)
- The seven-branched menorah is a symbol of Israel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/#x6)

### note

Countable; plural menorahs. Said "meh-NOR-ah". For numbers: over the eight nights of Hanukkah, 1 + 2 + ... + 8 = 36 candles are lit, plus one helper candle each night (8), making 44 in all. Safety: never leave lit candles alone.

### In the corpora

- [Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight nights, with a candle lit on the menorah each night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «menorah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menorah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.