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Adonai

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Ad·o·nai (ä

d

-n

, -noi

)

n.

Lord. Used in Judaism as a spoken substitute for the ineffable name of God.

[Hebrew 'dôny, my lord : 'dôn, lord; see d in Semitic roots + -ay, my.]

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"'That they are fickle-minded and treacherous is as true as the Pentateuch," said Buzi-Ben-Levi, "but that is only toward the people of Adonai.

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