HaKadosh Baruch Hu

Definitions

• God, lit. "The Holy One, Blessed Be He"

Example Sentences

• "After HaKadosh Baruch Hu brought the Jews out of Egypt, they wandered for forty years."

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• הקדוש ברוך הוא

Who Uses This

• Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

Hakodesh baruch hu, Hakodosh boruch hu

Notes

• one of a number of Hebrew euphemisms for the name of God. Common acronym: HKBK