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Shem HaMephorash
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English
Alternative forms
en Shem HaMeforash Shemhamphorasch
Etymology
From en he הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ haššēm hamp̄ōrāš the explicit name.
Proper noun
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en Judaism mysticism One of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.
en 1865 The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines, Development, and Literature Christian David Ginsburg 100 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.
en 1963 The Spirit of Jewish Law George Horowitz The death penalty was inflicted only upon the blasphemer who used the Ineffable Name, the Shem HaMephorash, YHWH, or its equivalent Adonai (“Our Lord”).
en 2014 The Avram Davidson Treasury Avram Davidson 0575127996 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.
en 2017 Gematria and the Tanakh Brian Pivik 244 138709906X Shaah - To lay waste, devastate; 28th name of Shem HaMephorash