baal korei
English
Alternative forms
- baal koreh
- baal kore
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish בעל קורא (bal koyre), from Hebrew בַּעַל קוֹרֵא (bá'al koré), an alternative of בַּעַל קְרִיאָה (bá'al k'ri'á, literally “master of reading”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑːl ˈkoʊ.ɹeɪ/
Noun
baal korei (plural baalei korei)
- (Judaism) the person who reads from the Torah scroll
- (Judaism) a person who has been trained to read from a Torah scroll