Rimon Definition

rēmōn
rimon
noun
An ornamented finial, usually of silver, used in Ashkenazic Judaism to decorate the rollers of a Torah scroll and in Sephardic Judaism to decorate a Torah scroll case.
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An ornamented finial, usually of silver, used in Ashkenazic Judaism to decorate the rollers of a Torah scroll and in Sephardic Judaism to decorate a Torah scroll case.
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Origin of Rimon

  • Medieval Hebrew rimmôn pomegranate, rimon from Hebrew pomegranate akin to Akkadian nurmû, lurmû from a non-Semitic source akin to Sumerian nurma Old Armenian nuṙn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Medieval Hebrew rimmôn pomegranate, rimon from Hebrew pomegranate akin to Akkadian nurmû, lurmû from a non-Semitic source akin to Sumerian nurma Old Armenian nuṙn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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