Meanings
- Judaismhuman sciencesOne of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.
Shaah - To lay waste, devastate; 28th name of Shem HaMephorash
2017, Brian Pivik, Gematria and the Tanakh, →ISBN, page 2443 more examples
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 100The 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 LawAnd 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
Origin
- Hebrewהַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ
- EnglishShem HaMephorash
From Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ (haššēm hamp̄ōrāš, literally “the explicit name”).
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