ner tamid

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

ner tamid

  1. (Judaism) An "eternal lamp" found within Jewish synagogues, illuminating the area before or near the Torah ark.

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Hebrew נר תמיד (ner tamíd), literally, eternal light.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ner tamid n (indeclinable)

  1. (Judaism) ner tamid

Further reading[edit]

  • Krystyna Kubalska-Sulkiewicz, Monika Bielksa-Łach, Anna Manteuffel-Szarota, editors (2003), “ner tamid”, in Słownik terminologiczny sztuk pięknych [Terminological dictionary of the fine arts]‎[1] (in Polish), 4 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, archived from the original on February 11, 2023, page 278