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Shem HaMephorash

Shem HaMephorash proper noun: one of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.

Proper noun

Shem HaMephorash

  1. (Judaism) One of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.
    • Neither the divine name composed of twelve letters, nor the one of forty-two letters, ever obtained the title of Shem HaMephorash—this being the designation of the particular name, or the Tetragrammaton, as we have already propounded.1865, Christian David Ginsburg, The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines, Development, and Literature, page 100
    • The death penalty was inflicted only upon the blasphemer who used the Ineffable Name, the Shem HaMephorash, YHWH, or its equivalent Adonai (“Our Lord”).1963, George Horowitz, The Spirit of Jewish Law

Examples of Shem HaMephorash in a sentence

  • And one time only he disobeyed the Rabbi Low, and Rabbi Low erased the Shem HaMephorash from the golem's forehead and the golem fell down like a dead one.2014, Avram Davidson, The Avram Davidson Treasury, →ISBN:
  • Shaah - To lay waste, devastate; 28th name of Shem HaMephorash2017, Brian Pivik, Gematria and the Tanakh, →ISBN, page 244:

Origin of Shem HaMephorash

From Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ (haššēm hamp̄ōrāš, literally “the explicit name”).

Questions about Shem HaMephorash

What does Shem HaMephorash mean?
Shem HaMephorash means one of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.
How do you use Shem HaMephorash in a sentence?
And one time only he disobeyed the Rabbi Low, and Rabbi Low erased the Shem HaMephorash from the golem's forehead and the golem fell down like a dead one.
What part of speech is Shem HaMephorash?
Shem HaMephorash is a proper noun.

Words near Shem HaMephorash in the dictionary

  1. Shelvins
  2. shelvy
  3. Shelwick
  4. Shelyak
  5. Shem
  6. Shem HaMephorash
  7. Shema
  8. shemagh
  9. shemaghs
  10. Shemaiah
  11. Shemakha

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