Adonai
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Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahweh | 8 |
| Adonai canonical | 3 |
| HaShem | 2 |
| Adonai (in some systems) | 1 |
| God of my salvation | 1 |
| O Adonai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4842572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adonai Context triple: [YHWH, liturgicalSubstitute, Adonai]
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A.
YHWH
YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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B.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adonai Target entity description: Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
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A.
YHWH
YHWH is the personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, regarded as the supreme, covenant-making and covenant-keeping deity in Jewish and Christian traditions.
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B.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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D.
Ohr Ein Sof
Ohr Ein Sof is a Kabbalistic term referring to the infinite, boundless divine light that emanates from the unknowable essence of God before any creation or limitation.
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E.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew theonym
ⓘ
divine title ⓘ name of God in Judaism ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hebrew Bible liturgical reading ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jewish reverence for the divine name ⓘ |
| avoidsPronunciationOf | divine name YHWH ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew words and phrases
ⓘ
Names of God in Judaism ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | plural form ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | reverential title for God ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | standard divine title in Jewish prayer ⓘ |
| meaning | Lord ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | Jehovah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pronouncedAs | a-do-nai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo |
God in Judaism
ⓘ
God of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| replaces |
Tetragrammaton
NERFINISHED
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YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| semanticField | lordship and authority ⓘ |
| theologicalConnotation | lordship of God ⓘ |
| usedAs | substitute for pronouncing YHWH ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hebrew-speaking Jews
ⓘ
religious Jews in prayer ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jewish liturgy
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Jewish prayer ⓘ Jewish scripture reading ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalizationType | Qere reading for YHWH ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Adonai Description of subject: Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tetragrammaton
subject surface form:
Tetragrammaton
this entity surface form:
HaShem
this entity surface form:
HaShem
subject surface form:
Malkhut
this entity surface form:
Adonai (in some systems)
this entity surface form:
God of my salvation
this entity surface form:
O Adonai
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh
this entity surface form:
Yahweh