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shechinah

/ʃ(ə)ˈxiːnə/

shechinah noun: the presence of God.

Noun

shechinah (plural shechinahs)

  1. (Judaism) the presence of God.
    • The Sh'khinah suffers with Israel in exile and will return with it at the time of redemption.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 837

shechinah meaning in Bengali

shechinah in Bengali

ঈশ্বরের উপস্থিতি

Forms of shechinah

pluralshechinahs
alternative formschechina
alternative formschechinah
alternative formshechina
alternative formshekhinah
alternative formshekinah

Origin of shechinah

Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (shkhiná, literally “act of dwelling”).

Questions about shechinah

What does shechinah mean?
Shechinah means the presence of God.
What is shechinah in Bengali?
Shechinah in Bengali is ঈশ্বরের উপস্থিতি. See Shechinah meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is shechinah?
Shechinah is a noun.
How do you pronounce shechinah?
Shechinah is pronounced /ʃ(ə)ˈxiːnə/.
What is the plural of shechinah?
The plural of shechinah is shechinahs.

Words near shechinah in the dictionary

  1. shecessions
  2. Shechem
  3. Shechemite
  4. Shechemites
  5. shechina
  6. shechinah
  7. shechinahs
  8. shechinas
  9. shechita
  10. shechitah
  11. shecht

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shechinah (page history and authors); shechinah (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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