Adonai
pronunciation
How to pronounce Adonai in British English:
UK [ˌædɔˈnai]
How to pronounce Adonai in American English:
US [ˌɑdoˈnaɪ, -ˈnɔɪ]
Word Origin
- Adonai
- Old Testament word for "God," late 14c., from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew, literally "my lord," from adon (see Adonis) + suffix of 1st person.
Example
- 1. Jews called him jehovah , adonai , elohim , yhwh and many other names , but always knowing that there is one true god .
- 2. So all of us , with faces unveiled , see as in a mirror the glory of the lord ; and we are being changed into his very image , from one degree of glory to the next , by adonai the spirit .