Names of God in Judaism

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Names of God in Judaism are the various Hebrew titles and designations used in Jewish scripture and tradition to refer to and describe different aspects of the one God.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aspect of Jewish theology ⓘ
epithet of God in Judaism ⓘ
epithet of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
name of God in Judaism ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
substitute name of God in Judaism ⓘ
theological concept in Judaism ⓘ
theological terminology ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Ketuvim ⓘ
Neviim ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
prophetic books ⓘ
associatedWith God of Israel ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
centralName Tetragrammaton ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
describes God in Judaism ⓘ
doctrinalPrinciple different names emphasize different divine attributes or actions ⓘ
multiple names refer to one God ⓘ
governedBy halakha ⓘ
grammaticalNumber plural form with singular meaning for God ⓘ
halakhicStatus may not be written in certain places like a bathroom ⓘ
hasMysticalAspect 42-letter name of God tradition ⓘ
72-letter name of God tradition ⓘ
use of divine names in Kabbalah ⓘ
hasPractice avoidance of erasing certain divine names ⓘ
substitution of spoken forms for written names ⓘ
hasSource Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
linked to: Kabbalah

rabbinic literature ⓘ
hasTheologicalFunction express divine actions ⓘ
express divine attributes ⓘ
express divine relationships with the world ⓘ
mark reverence for God ⓘ
holinessStatus most sacred name of God in Judaism ⓘ
sacred name ⓘ
includesConcept Shekhinah ⓘ
includesName Adonai ⓘ
Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh ⓘ
linked to: YHWH

El ⓘ
El Elyon ⓘ
linked to: Ancient of Days

El Shaddai ⓘ
linked to: Shaddai

Elohim ⓘ
HaShem ⓘ
linked to: Adonai

Shalom ⓘ
Tetragrammaton ⓘ
linked to: YHWH

Tzevaot ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
linguisticFeature primarily expressed in Hebrew ⓘ
sometimes represented with circumlocutions in other languages ⓘ
liturgicalUse substitute for Tetragrammaton in reading Scripture ⓘ
meaning God ⓘ
God Almighty ⓘ
linked to: God

God Most High ⓘ
linked to: Almighty

I Am That I Am ⓘ
My Lord ⓘ
Peace ⓘ
The Name ⓘ
of Hosts ⓘ
pronunciationTradition not pronounced as written in rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
relatedConcept Divine attributes in Judaism ⓘ
Halakhic restrictions on writing divine names ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
substitutedBy Adonai ⓘ
HaShem ⓘ
linked to: Adonai
theologicalConnotation divine power and judgment ⓘ
indwelling presence of God ⓘ
usageContext everyday Orthodox Jewish speech ⓘ
writtenForm YHWH ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaddai → category → Names of God in Judaism ⓘ
Atzilut → correspondsTo → Divine Names ⓘ
linked to: Names of God in Judaism
Yetzirah → associatedWithDivineNameAspect → Tetragrammaton vowelization aspects ⓘ
linked to: Names of God in Judaism
The Divine Names → mainTopic → names of God ⓘ
linked to: Names of God in Judaism
al-Haq → category → Divine Names and Attributes in Islam ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Haq (the Real)
linked to: Names of God in Judaism