Jews believe that God’s name is more than a title. In fact, the name Judaism signifies how the Jews identify with their divine nature. The sacred names of God were also used to describe how God relates not only to the Jews, but to the people of the whole world.
In Hebrew, the 72 Sacred Names of God are called “Hebrew Esoteric Names of God.” In this sacred list of names, the names of God will be found which are mainly used in the practice of Kabbalah and Kabbalistic meditation. These names are used independently to describe the God of Israel in the Tanakh or Torah, Ketuvim and Nevi’im.
How are the 72 sacred names of God derived?
The sacred names of God, in the Jewish tradition, were used in two groups. The first part consists of theoretical Kabbalists, who derived and meditated on the Hebrew names of God using their spiritual beliefs. These names were used by exchange students. Another group is comprised of practical Kabbalists who used these names to affect the supernatural as well as the physical worlds. From then on they used the sacred names of God and inscribed them with names and crafts.
Other names given to God, using biblical verses. These are included: (1) Notarikon, the way in which the first and last letters of certain verses in the Bible are used to form an acronym; (2) Temura, the way in which letters are substituted, that is, letters within a verse or phrase are exchanged for opposite letters, and hence, the results of the calculation; (3) Gematria, which is also the interpretation of the numbers of the sacred names of God, is the method by which the letter and word equivalents of the names of God are sorted out; and IV Kabbalah, which uses the interchange of the sacred name of God, also uses certain attributes of God, and associates them with the tree of life.
The 72 sacred names of God translated into English
There is a lot of confusion about how the Hebrew names of God translate into their English equivalents. If one tries to look at the Hebrew prayers and translate them into English, it will be noted that the name of God is not mentioned once in the paragraph. It appears first in the paragraph, this name “God” will be mentioned in later parts, the pronoun “himself” is called. In Christian, Jewish and even Muslim writings, “He” (with the capital letter H) refers to God.
Coming with 72 sacred divine names
David Weitzman, an artist at KAGold Jewelry, has this to say with the sacred names of God: “The 216 letters of the sentence (in Hebrew ) to thirds will give us 72 combinations of 3 letters.
This interpretation enables us that the 72 divine names, which the practical Kabbalists interpret, can be placed in certain crafts. This is why silver necklaces like the 72 sacred names of God and other Jewish ornaments were conceived. Wearing these parts, he will surely find peace, because he is one with God.
