HaShem

<h3>HaShem</h3>

<div role="note" class="hatnote">"HaShem" redirects here. For other people with similar names, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashem" title="Hashem">Hashem</a>.</div>

<p>It is common Jewish practice to restrict the use of the names of God to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_liturgy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish liturgy">liturgical</a> context. In casual conversation some Jews, even when not speaking Hebrew, will call God <i>HaShem</i> (השם‎), which is Hebrew for "the Name" (cf. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviticus" class="mw-redirect" title="Leviticus">Leviticus</a> 24:11 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" title="Book of Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a> 28:58). Likewise, when quoting from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh" title="Tanakh">Tanakh</a> or prayers, some pious Jews will replace <i>Adonai</i> with <i>HaShem</i>. For example, when making <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">audio recordings</a> of prayer services, <i>HaShem</i><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#cite_note-71">[65]</a></sup> will generally be substituted for <i>Adonai</i>.

A popular expression containing this phrase is <i>Baruch HaShem</i>, meaning "Thank <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Judaism" title="God in Judaism">God</a>" (literally, "Blessed be God").<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#cite_note-72">[66]</a></sup></p>