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Hashem

/hɑˈʃɛm/ · name

Meaning

  1. A name used by many Jews in ordinary conversation to refer to God.
  2. A substitute for the Tetragrammaton.

Etymology / origin

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

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