the hanukkah menorah, also chanukiah or hanukkiah ( "menorat ḥanukkah", pl. "menorot"; also "ḥanukkiyah", or "chanukkiyah", pl. "ḥanukkiyot"/"chanukkiyot", or "khanike lomp", lit.: hanukkah lamp), is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of hanukkah, as opposed to the seven-branched menorah used in the ancient temple or as a symbol.