Etymology

Shem HaMephorash

Today it means: One of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular. Full definition →

Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromהַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ
  2. English todayShem HaMephorash

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

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