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Shekhinah (Hebrew: שְׁכִינָה , Modern: Šəḵīna, Tiberian: Šeḵīnā) [1] is the English transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the presence of God in a place. This concept is found in Judaism and the Torah, as mentioned in Exodus 25:8. [2] The word "Shekhinah" is not found in the Bible. [3]
It is connected to the passage in Exodus 3:14 in which God gives his name as אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, translated most basically as "I am that I am" or "I shall be what I am". In the Hebrew Bible (Exodus 3:14), it is the personal name of God, revealed directly to Moses. [ 1] These usages have been the ...
According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14), Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what gods have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you. ' " [4] Despite this exchange, the Israelites are never written to have asked Moses for the name of God. [13]
Nephesh ( נֶ֫פֶשׁ nép̄eš ), also spelled nefesh is a Biblical Hebrew word which occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The word refers to the aspects of sentience, and human beings and other animals are both described as being nephesh. [ 1][ 2] Bugs and plants, as examples of live organisms, are not referred in the Bible as being nephesh.
t. e. Chokmah ( Hebrew: חָכְמָה, romanized : ḥoḵmā, also transliterated as chokma, chokhmah or hokhma) is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as "wisdom" in English Bible versions ( LXX σοφία sophia, Vulgate sapientia ). [ 1] It is the second of the ten sefirot in Kabbalah, and represents the first power of conscious intellect ...
Yahweh[ a] was an ancient Levantine deity, the national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah, [ 4] and later the god of Judaism and its other descendant Abrahamic religions. Though no consensus exists regarding the deity's origins, [ 5] scholars generally contend that Yahweh is associated with Seir, Edom, Paran and Teman, [ 6] and ...
Star of David. The Star of David, a symbol of Judaism as a religion, and of the Jewish people as a whole. [ 1] It also thought to be the shield (or at least the emblem on it) of King David. Jewish lore links the symbol to the "Seal of Solomon", the magical signet ring used by King Solomon to control demons and spirits.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and according Joseph Smith Jr. "Shiloh" is a name of the messiah Jesus Christ. [16] [17]In one of the sacred books of the Church of Christ with the Elijah Message called The Word of the Lord or The Word of the Lord Brought to Mankind by an Angel God says that "Shiloh" is one of his names along with "Jehovah", "Jesus Christ" and others.