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Adonai

/əˈdəʊ.nʌɪ/ · name

Meaning

  1. The Lord: a Hebrew title of God.

Etymology / origin

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.

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