# hanukkiah (חֲנֻכִּיָּה)

pronounced: kha-noo-kee-YAH


**The nine-branched Hanukkah lamp — eight festival lights and the shamash**

## In Scripture

> It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
> — John 10:22 (Traditional background — the New Testament names Hanukkah, not the later nine-branched lamp.)

> “You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lamp stand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
> — Exodus 25:31 (Traditional background — Scripture describes the sanctuary’s seven-branched menorah, not the nine-branched hanukkiah.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/hanukkiah/