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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.
Pinechas, Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin'has(Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, romanized: Pinḥās"Phinehas": a name, the sixth word and the first distinctive word in the parashah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion(פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewishcycle of Torah readingand the eighth in the Book of Numbers. It tells of Phinehas's ...
Nehushtan. In the biblical Books of Kings ( 2 Kings 18:4; written c. 550 BC), the Nehushtan ( / nəˈhʊʃtən /; Hebrew: נְחֻשְׁתָּן, romanized : Nəḥuštān [nəħuʃtaːn]) is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. The image is described in the Book of Numbers, where Yahweh instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelites ...
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]
Sheol ( / ˈʃiː.oʊl, - əl / SHEE-ohl, -uhl; Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל Šəʾōl, Tiberian: Šŏʾōl) [1] in the Hebrew Bible is the underworld place of stillness and darkness which lies after death. [2] Within the Hebrew Bible, there are few – often brief and nondescript – mentions of Sheol, seemingly describing it as a place where ...
The Masoretic Text[ a] ( MT or 𝕸; Hebrew: נֻסָּח הַמָּסוֹרָה, romanized : Nūssāḥ hamMāsōrā, lit. 'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter-text, with its ...
Serpents ( Hebrew: נָחָשׁ, romanized : nāḥāš) are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in the religious traditions and cultural life of ancient Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Canaan. [ 1] The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the ...
The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. 'numbers'; Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. 'In [the] desert'; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [ 1] The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a ...