Explore Merkabah through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Merkabah in a sentence
Merkabah meaning
A school of early Jewish mysticism, circa 100 BCE – 1000 CE, based around visions.
Using Merkabah
- The main meaning on this page is: A school of early Jewish mysticism, circa 100 BCE – 1000 CE, based around visions.
- In the example corpus, merkabah often appears in combinations such as: of merkabah.
Context around Merkabah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Merkabah
- In this selection, "merkabah" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, divine, jewish, chariots, tradition and adept stand out and add context to how "merkabah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be divine merkabah chariots vehicles and merkabah mysticism alluded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "merkabah" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with merkabah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to Timo Eskola, early Christian theology and discourse was influenced by the Jewish Merkabah tradition. (16 words)
Merkabah mysticism alluded to the encrypted knowledge within the book of the prophet Ezekiel describing his vision of the "Divine Chariot". (21 words)
Daniel Boyarin notes that Paul's own account of this experience would therefore be the earliest first person account of the mystical vision of a Merkabah adept. (27 words)
Similarly, Alan Segal and Daniel Boyarin regard Paul's accounts of his conversion experience and his ascent to the heavens as the earliest first person accounts we have of a Merkabah mystic in Jewish or Christian literature. (37 words)
Reverend Bean says he believes unidentified flying objects could be divine Merkabah Chariots – vehicles he claims carried Satan and a third of the angels down to Earth after they were cast out of Heaven. (34 words)
Daniel Boyarin notes that Paul's own account of this experience would therefore be the earliest first person account of the mystical vision of a Merkabah adept. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
Reverend Bean says he believes unidentified flying objects could be divine Merkabah Chariots – vehicles he claims carried Satan and a third of the angels down to Earth after they were cast out of Heaven.
According to Timo Eskola, early Christian theology and discourse was influenced by the Jewish Merkabah tradition.
Daniel Boyarin notes that Paul's own account of this experience would therefore be the earliest first person account of the mystical vision of a Merkabah adept.
Merkabah mysticism alluded to the encrypted knowledge within the book of the prophet Ezekiel describing his vision of the "Divine Chariot".
Similarly, Alan Segal and Daniel Boyarin regard Paul's accounts of his conversion experience and his ascent to the heavens as the earliest first person accounts we have of a Merkabah mystic in Jewish or Christian literature.
Common combinations with merkabah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of merkabah 2×