Adonai

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Adonai

/əˈdəʊ.nʌɪ/ UK
/ˈæ.də.nʌɪ/ UK
/əˈdəʊ.neɪˌʌɪ/ UK
/ˌæ.dəˈnaɪ/ US
/ˌæ.dəˈnaɪˌi/ US
/ˌæ.doʊˈneɪˌaɪ/ US

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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.

proper noun

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

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name one of the names of God in Judaism

Português	Adonai
Deutsch	Adonai
Русский	Адона́й Adonáj

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"Adonai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adonai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Adonai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adonai

Chicago

"Adonai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adonai.

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@misc{adonai_2026,
  title = {Adonai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adonai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}