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[[File:Holešov, židovský hřbitov.JPG|thumb|Biblical text on a synagogue in [[Holešov]], Czech Republic: "Hashem ({{Script/Hebrew|ה׳}}) kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." ([[1 Samuel]] 2:6)]]
[[File:Holešov, židovský hřbitov.JPG|thumb|Biblical text on a synagogue in [[Holešov]], Czech Republic: "Hashem ({{Script/Hebrew|ה׳}}) kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." ([[1 Samuel]] 2:6)]]
[[File:1929massacre-safed.jpg|thumb|Sign near the site of the [[1929 Palestine riots|Safed massacre]], reading {{Script/Hebrew|הי״ד}} (''H.Y.D.'', abbreviation of {{Script/Hebrew|הַשֵּׁם יִקּוֹם דָּמָם}} ''Hashem yikkom damam'', "may Hashem avenge their blood").]]
[[File:1929massacre-safed.jpg|thumb|Sign near the site of the [[1929 Palestine riots|Safed massacre]], reading {{Script/Hebrew|הי״ד}} (''H.Y.D.'', abbreviation of {{Script/Hebrew|הַשֵּׁם יִקּוֹם דָּמָם}} ''Hashem yikkom damam'', "may Hashem avenge their blood").]]
'''Hashem''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew:]] {{Script/Hebrew|הַשֵּׁם⁩}} ''haššēm'', literally "the name"; often abbreviated to {{Script/Hebrew|ה׳}} [''h′'']) is a title used in Judaism to refer to [[God in Judaism|God]]. It is also a given name and surname.
'''Hashem''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew:]] {{Script/Hebrew|הַשֵּׁם⁩}} ''haššēm'', literally "the name"; often abbreviated to {{Script/Hebrew|ה׳}} [''h′'']) is a title used in [[Judaism]] to refer to [[God in Judaism|God]]. It is also a given name and surname.


==Religious usage==
==Religious usage==
* In [[Judaism]], ''[[HaShem]]'' (lit. 'the Name') is employed to refer to God when not in prayer, in which the term ''[[Adonai]]'' ("''my master''") is used.
* In Judaism, ''[[HaShem]]'' (lit. 'the Name') is employed to refer to God when not in prayer, in which the term ''[[Adonai]]'' ("''my master''") is used.


==People with the given name==
==People with the given name==

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Biblical text on a synagogue in Holešov, Czech Republic: "Hashem (ה׳‎) kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up." (1 Samuel 2:6)
Sign near the site of the Safed massacre, reading הי״ד‎ (H.Y.D., abbreviation of הַשֵּׁם יִקּוֹם דָּמָםHashem yikkom damam, "may Hashem avenge their blood").

Hashem (Hebrew: הַשֵּׁם⁩haššēm, literally "the name"; often abbreviated to ה׳‎ [h′]) is a title used in Judaism to refer to God. It is also a given name and surname.

Religious usage

  • In Judaism, HaShem (lit. 'the Name') is employed to refer to God when not in prayer, in which the term Adonai ("my master") is used.

People with the given name

People with the surname

Tribes with the given name

See also