Adonai

adonai English Etymology From en he אדוני אֲדֹנָי ʾădônāy My Lord; used in place of the en Tetragrammaton en YHWH as a name of the deity of Abrahamic religion during prayer recitation. Pronunciation en /əˈdəʊ.nʌɪ/ /ˈæ.də.nʌɪ/ /əˈdəʊ.neɪˌʌɪ/ UK en /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪ/ /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪˌi/ /ˌæ.doʊˈneɪˌaɪ/ USOxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Adonai, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011. Proper noun en Judaism Christianity The Lord: a Hebrew title of God. en 2009 Behemoth Alas, Lord is Upon Me This not the last empire to crumble / I bore witness to rise and fall of tribes of Adonai / And I have fallen short of a glory of God Usage notes en YHWH, the Hebrew name of the Abrahamic God, is usually read by Jews as "Adonai" while praying or reading the en Torah. Similarly, the word "Adonai" is usually restricted to this use and is replaced by en Hashem ("The Name") in ordinary speech. This use has been followed in other languages since at least the surviving texts of the Septuagint, with the Vulgate employing "la Dominus" and most English translations of the Bible employing the Lord or the LORD for instances of the name YHWH in the Hebrew text. Derived terms en adonist Related terms en Adonis, which ultimately comes from the same Semitic term Translations one of the names of God in Judaism German: de Adonai Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ἀδωναί, grc Ἀδωναῖε Portuguese: pt Adonai m Russian: ru Адона́й m Yiddish: yi אדני m adoynay References en God German Etymology de :bor he:אדוני de he אדוני. Pronunciation de /adoˈnaːi/ de Ado nai de De-Adonai.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,- de Judaism Adonai one of the names of God Further reading Portuguese Etymology pt :bor he:אדוני + 1 Pronunciation pt /ˌa.do.ˈnaj/ BR Proper noun m pt Judaism en Adonai one of the names of God Spanish Etymology es :bor he:אדוני + 1 Pronunciation Adonái + Proper noun es Judaism Christianity en Adonai one of the names of God es male Hebrew