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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "epithet for a 216-letter name of a god derived by medieval kabbalists from the book of exodus". Today it says "originally a tannaitic term for the tetragrammaton". We saved the article's opening at 5 moments between 2015 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

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The opening as it read in 2015

The Seventy-Two Names of God, a Christian diagram; the IHS is a monogram for "Jesus" (in the Oedipus Aegyptiacus ).¹ Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . The Shemhamphorasch (alternatively Shem ha-Mephorash or Schemhamphoras , originally Shem HaMephorash ( שם המפורש )) is an originally Tannaitic term describing a hidden name of God in Kabbalah (including Christian and Hermetic variants), and in some more mainstream Jewish discourses.² It is composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the last version being the most common.³

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The opening as it stood in 2010

72 names of God This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . The Shemhamphorasch (a corruption of Hebrew שם המפורש Shem ha-Mephorash ) is an epithet for a 216-letter name of a God derived by medieval kabbalists from the Book of Exodus , by reading the letters of three verses in a specific order. The name is composed of 72 groups of three letters, each of these triplets being the name of an angel or intelligence. In speech and writing the term Shemhamphorasch is normally substituted for the actual 72-letter name for brevity, and, as with the epithet Tetragrammaton , to avoid desecrating the actual name. Spelling variants include Shemhamforash , Shemhamphorae , Shemhamphorash , Shemahamphorasch , Shemhamphoresh , Shem ha-Mephoresh , Shem ha-Mephorash , Shemhamphoresch , shem hamitfaresh "72 Names of God," at The Kabbalah Centre International , ©2006 Kabbalah Centre International

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A hidden name of God in Judaism This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . The Shem HaMephorash (Hebrew: שם המפורש , alternatively Shem ha-Mephorash or Schemhamphoras ), meaning the explicit name , is an originally Tannaitic term describing a hidden name of God in Kabbalah (including Christian and Hermetic variants), and in some more mainstream Jewish discourses. It is composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the last version being the most common.

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Hidden name of God in Judaism and occultism This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . Shem HaMephorash ( Šēm hamMəfōrāš , also Shem ha-Mephorash ), meaning "the explicit name," is originally a Tannaitic term describing the Tetragrammaton . In Kabbalah , it may refer to a name of God composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the latter version being the most common.

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Hidden name of God in Judaism and occultism This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols . Shem HaMephorash ( Hebrew : שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ Šēm hamMəfōrāš , also Shem ha-Mephorash ), meaning "the explicit name", was originally a Tannaitic term for the Tetragrammaton . In Kabbalah , it may refer to a name of God composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the latter version being the most common. Early sources, from the Mishnah to the Geonim , only use "Shem haMephorash" to refer to the four-letter Tetragrammaton .

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