Hebrew

Noun

אֲבוּקָה • ‎(avuka) f ‎(plural indefinite אֲבוּקוֹת)

1. (bundle of twigs) torch
   • 1916, Hayim Nahman Bialik, In Honour of Hanukkah 1–4

     אָבִי הִדְלִיק נֵרוֹת לִי / וְשַׁמָּש 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