Etymology

Hashem

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Today it means: A substitute for the Tetragrammaton. Full definition →

Hebrew הַשֵּׁם ← Yiddish השם
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromהשם
  2. Hebrew · derived fromהַשֵּׁם
  3. English todayHashem

From Hebrew הַשֵּׁם (hashém, literally “the name”), likely via Yiddish השם (hashem).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.