Editing Names of God in Judaism (section)

===Shekhinah===
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{{transliteration|he|[[Shekhinah]]}} ({{lang|he|שכינה}}) is the presence or manifestation of God which has descended to "dwell" among humanity. The term never appears in the Hebrew Bible; later rabbis used the word when speaking of God dwelling either in the [[Tabernacle]] or amongst the people of Israel. The root of the word means "dwelling". Of the principal names of God, it is the only one that is of the feminine gender in Hebrew grammar. Some believe that this was the name of a female counterpart of God, but this is unlikely as the name is always mentioned in conjunction with an article (e.g.: "the Shekhina descended and dwelt among them" or "He removed Himself and His Shekhina from their midst"). This kind of usage does not occur in Semitic languages in conjunction with proper names.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} The term, however, may not be a name, as it may merely describe the presence of God, and not God Himself.