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‖ Adonai|əˈdəʊnaɪ, ædəʊˈneɪaɪ|
Also Adonay.
[Heb. ădōnāi my Lords (f. ādōn lord), one of the names given in O. T. to the Deity, and represented in the A.V. by ‘Lord’ in ordinary type; also substituted by the Jews, in reading, for the ‘ineffable name’ jhvh = Jahveh or Jehovah, the latter of which is said to owe its vowels to being ‘pointed’ by the Masoretes with those of the word ădōnāi.]
A name of the Supreme Being.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 230/2 She thenne..prayed in thys maner, O adonay lord Jhesu crist. 1557Sarum Primer i. O greate and marveilous Lord, Adonay. |