Shekhinah

[ shi-kee-nuh, -kahy-; Sephardic Hebrew shuh-khee-nah; Ashkenazic Hebrew shuh-khee-nuh ]

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noun

Theology.

the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shekhinah¹

First recorded in 1655–65, Shekhinah is from the Hebrew word ��ŧ��ī��

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Example Sentences

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Judaism teaches us that the Shekhinah — the presence of God — is most clearly present when a group is gathered.

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The Vulcan hand greeting, for instance, which Nimoy invented, is the Hebrew letter shin, the symbol for the Shekhinah, a feminine aspect of the divine.

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One of these, the Shekhinah, was the Zohar's obsession, the portal through which it pulled believers willy-nilly into the divine drama.

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