Adonai

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Hebrew theonym divine title name of God in Judaism

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yahweh	8
HaShem	2
Adonai (in some systems)	1
God of my salvation	1
O Adonai	1

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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Jewish prayer ⓘ Jewish scripture reading ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalizationType	Qere reading for YHWH ⓘ
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalm 88 → addressedTo → Adonai ⓘ

this entity surface form: God of my salvation

פְּדָיָה → associatedDeity → Adonai ⓘ