English
Shem HaMephorash
Shem HaMephorash comes from Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ.
- Hebrew1880s–presentהַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁhaššēm hamp̄ōrāšliterally ‘the explicit name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865Shem HaMephorash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hebrew1880s–presentהַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁhaššēm hamp̄ōrāšliterally ‘the explicit name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865Shem HaMephorash
Earliest quotation: 1865, Christian David Ginsburg, The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines: “Neither the divine name composed of twelve letters, nor…”
Every English word from Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ
Today it means
name One of the esoteric names of God within Kabbalah, corresponding to the Tetragrammaton, often referring to a 72-worded variant in particular.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hebrew הַשֵּׁם הַמְפוֹרָשׁ / Shem HaMephorash