אריח

אָרִיחַm. ( ארח) 1) bond-timber, also small bricks, which are placed at intervals between the rows of bricks (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Paries II); lath (of half the width of a brick). Erub.I, 3; B. Bath.3b; a. e.Pl. אָרִיהִין. Y.Erub.I, 19a top ארחין (corr. acc.). 2) ariaḥ, a term used in rules for writing certain passages of Holy Scriptures metrically arranged, the short space filled out with writing, opp. לבנה (brick, the larger space); v. R. Niss. to Meg.16b; (Rashi: א׳ the writing, לבנה the blank). Y.Meg.III, 74b bot; Bab. ib. l. c.; Treat. Sofrim XII, 10 א׳ע״ג ל׳וכ׳ small brick (lath) above brick, and brick above small brick (lath); e. g. (Ex. ch. 15)

אֲרִיחַ (אריה

בִּימָהf. (cmp. בָּמָה) elevated stand for public meetings (for speakers, readers, holding court). Sot.VII, 8. Succ.51b. Ab. Zar. I, 7 (ib. 16b בימא). Gen. R. s. 76 as if seated על ב׳ ודן upon the platform and holding court. Lev. R. s. 13 ונראית כאילו מצעת ב׳ and gives itself the appearance as if holding court (giving the form of legality to robberies). Gen. R. s. 37 ב׳ של רשע the court of injustice (Rome).Koh. R. to I, 8 (Ab. Zar.16b גרדום; Tosef.Ḥull.II, 24 במה); a. fr.Pl. (of בימא) בִּימָאֹות. Pesik. Bshall. p. 84a> (Ms. O. כסאות; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Bshall.5 מגדלים) (wooden) platforms.בִּימֹות. Meg.32a הלוחות והב׳ (Ms. M. והבמות; Y. ib. III, 73d bot. בימה ולווחין) the tablets (in Synagogues, prob. used for announcements) and the raised seats (for readers or distinguished persons to speak from). (Ar. s. v. במות, ref. to Meg. l. c., explains, לוחות the board-covers of books, במות wooden stands ( עמוד) for exhibiting the Torah scrolls during the services; another opinion quot. in Ar.: לוחות the blank margins between the columns of the scroll, במות the upper and lower as well as the front and back margins; cmp. אריח a. לבנה. (A derivation of our w. fr. βῆμα is excluded, because the sing., in that case, would be בימא or בימטא a. the pl. בימטין or בימטאות.

בִּימָהf. (cmp. בָּמָה) elevated stand for public meetings (for speakers, readers, holding court). Sot.VII, 8. Succ.51b. Ab. Zar. I, 7 (ib. 16b בימא). Gen. R. s. 76 as if seated על ב׳ ודן upon the platform and holding court. Lev. R. s. 13 ונראית כאילו מצעת ב׳ and gives itself the appearance as if holding court (giving the form of legality to robberies). Gen. R. s. 37 ב׳ של רשע the court of injustice (Rome).Koh. R. to I, 8 (Ab. Zar.16b גרדום; Tosef.Ḥull.II, 24 במה); a. fr.Pl. (of בימא) בִּימָאֹות. Pesik. Bshall. p. 84a> (Ms. O. כסאות; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Bshall.5 מגדלים) (wooden) platforms.בִּימֹות. Meg.32a הלוחות והב׳ (Ms. M. והבמות; Y. ib. III, 73d bot. בימה ולווחין) the tablets (in Synagogues, prob. used for announcements) and the raised seats (for readers or distinguished persons to speak from). (Ar. s. v. במות, ref. to Meg. l. c., explains, לוחות the board-covers of books, במות wooden stands ( עמוד) for exhibiting the Torah scrolls during the services; another opinion quot. in Ar.: לוחות the blank margins between the columns of the scroll, במות the upper and lower as well as the front and back margins; cmp. אריח a. לבנה. (A derivation of our w. fr. βῆμα is excluded, because the sing., in that case, would be בימא or בימטא a. the pl. בימטין or בימטאות.