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• menora

語源

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

発音

• IPA: /mɪˈnɔːɹə/
• 韻: -ɔːɹə

名詞

menorah (plural menoroth or menorot or menorahs)

1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:

     ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.

2. A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

   Synonym: hanukkiah

   • 1992, Merrill Joan Gerber, The Kingdom of Brooklyn‎, Syracuse University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, pages 76–77:

     My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.

   • 1996, Ann Kimmage, An Un-American Childhood‎, University of Georgia Press, published 1996, →ISBN, pages 49–50:

     In America every December my mother had decorated our home with metal Stars of David she hung on strings in the doorways and lit the menorah as we gathered at the table.

   • 2000, Noam Zion, Barbara Spectre, A Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration‎, Devora Publishing, →ISBN, page 237:

     However, traditional Sefardi families follow the halacha that each household uses only one menorah lit by the head of the household, to represent everyone in unison.

   • 2023 December 12, Shaun Walker, “Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 June 2025:

     A far-right Polish MP has extinguished candles on a menorah lit for Hanukah in Poland’s parliament, disrupting proceedings before a planned vote of confidence in the new government.

使用する際の注意点

• Some Jews argue that menorah should only be used in sense 1, and that the nine-branched candelabrum used on Hanukkah is properly called a hanukkiah. Nevertheless, menorah remains the most common term for both senses.

Further reading

• Temple menorah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hanukkah menorah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia