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Hebrew
Etymology
Perhaps a shortened form of *אבהוקה (avhuka), from the root ב־ה־ק (b-h-q), compare with בָּהַק (bahák, “to shine, glow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
אֲבוּקָה • (avuka) f (plural indefinite אֲבוּקוֹת)
- (bundle of twigs) torch
1916,
Hayim Nahman Bialik,
In Honour of Hanukkah 1–4:
- אָבִי הִדְלִיק נֵרוֹת לִי / וְשַׁמָּשׁ לוֹ אֲבוּקָה – / יוֹדְעִים אַתֶּם לִכְבוֹד מִי? / לִכְבוֹד הַחֲנֻכָּה!
- My father has lit candles for me / And his shamash a torch – / Do you know for the honour of whom? / For the honour of Hanukkah!
References
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons