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menorah

ancient Hebrew lampstand
Thing religious_object Q170476
menorah
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Summary

menorah is a religious object[1]. menorah draws 6,692 Wikipedia views per month (religious object category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: Temple in Jerusalem[3]
  • Subclass of: candelabra[4], Jewish ceremonial object[5]
  • Commons category: Menorah[6]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[7], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[8]
  • Different from: seven-branched candlestick[9], hanukkiah[10]
  • Has part(s) of the class: oil lamp[11]

Why It Matters

menorah has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] menorah is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → menorah
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: menorah, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948448|menorah (#289948448)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296566
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296566, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4OwDIT
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562995905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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