shekinah

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Alternative forms

schechinah shechina shechinah

shekhinah shekina

Etymology

From late Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (sh'chiná, “shekinah”, literally “dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʃɪˈkaɪnə/

Noun

shekinah (plural shekinahs)

1. (Judaism) A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
   • 1993, Karen Armstrong, A History of God, Vintage 1999, p. 90:

     Some said that the Shekinah, who dwelt with his people on earth, still lived on the Temple Mount, even though the Temple was in ruins.