Adonai en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪ/ (US)
- /əˈdəʊ.neɪˌʌɪ/ (UK)
- /əˈdəʊ.nʌɪ/ (UK)
- /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪˌi/ (US)
- /ˌæ.doʊˈneɪˌaɪ/ (US)
- /ˈæ.də.nʌɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
From Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾădônāy, “My Lord”); used in place of the Tetragrammaton YHWH as a name of the deity of Abrahamic religion during prayer recitation.
Meanings
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(Judaism) The Lord: a Hebrew title of God.
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
2009, Behemoth, Alas, Lord is Upon Me:
Deriveds
Relateds
Adonis · which ultimately comes from the same Semitic term
Translations (6)
de Adonai (one of the names of God in Judaism) · grc Ἀδωναῖε (one of the names of God in Judaism) · pt Adonai (one of the names of God in Judaism) · grc Ἀδωναί (one of the names of God in Judaism) · yi אדני (one of the names of God in Judaism) · ru Адона́й (one of the names of God in Judaism)