"השם" meaning in Hebrew

See השם in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ha.ʃɛm/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: הַשֵּׁם [canonical], hashém [romanization]
Etymology: Root שׁ־ם (sh-m) 0 terms הַ־ (ha, “the”) + שֵׁם (shem, “name”) Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׁ־ם}} Root שׁ־ם (sh-m) 0 terms, {{affix|he|הַ־|שֵׁם|gloss1=the|gloss2=name|tr1=ha|tr2=shem}} הַ־ (ha, “the”) + שֵׁם (shem, “name”) Head templates: {{head|he|proper noun|head=הַשֵּׁם|tr=hashém}} הַשֵּׁם • (hashém)
  1. (Judaism, euphemistic, when quoting a text) a substitute for the Tetragrammaton, used to avoid taking the name in vain Tags: Judaism, euphemistic Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-השם-he-name-gT485mvX Categories (other): Hebrew euphemisms, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms prefixed with ה־, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 80 6 14 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 53 6 41 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms prefixed with ה־: 57 35 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 5 8
  2. (Judaism) Hashem, God Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, God
    Sense id: en-השם-he-name-wVenlZC1 Disambiguation of God: 9 89 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: למען השם, חילול השם

Noun

IPA: /ha.ʃɛm/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: הַשֵּׁם [canonical], hashém [romanization]
Etymology: Root שׁ־ם (sh-m) 0 terms הַ־ (ha, “the”) + שֵׁם (shem, “name”) Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׁ־ם}} Root שׁ־ם (sh-m) 0 terms, {{affix|he|הַ־|שֵׁם|gloss1=the|gloss2=name|tr1=ha|tr2=shem}} הַ־ (ha, “the”) + שֵׁם (shem, “name”) Head templates: {{head|he|noun form|g=m|head=הַשֵּׁם|tr=hashém}} הַשֵּׁם • (hashém) m, {{he-noun form|g=m|tr=hashém|wv=הַשֵּׁם}} הַשֵּׁם • (hashém) m
  1. singular definite form of שֵׁם (shém) Tags: definite, form-of, singular Form of: שֵׁם (extra: shém)
    Sense id: en-השם-he-noun-pErzaHu7 Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־ם Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־ם: 26 19 55
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis": "80 8 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "88 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
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        "a substitute for the Tetragrammaton, used to avoid taking the name in vain"
      ],
      "id": "en-השם-he-name-gT485mvX",
      "links": [
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          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
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        [
          "substitute",
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        ],
        [
          "Tetragrammaton",
          "Tetragrammaton#English"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain#English"
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            "Gods",
            "Islam",
            "Judaism",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
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}
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}

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