ADONAI, is one of the names of God1. This word signifies properly My Lords, in the plural number, as Adoni signifies My Lord, in the singular number. The Jews, who either out of respect or superstition do not pronounce the name of Jehovah, read Adonai in the room of it, as often as they meet with Jehovah in the Hebrew Text. But the ancient Jews were not so nice: There is no Law which forbids them to pronounce the name of God.
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אדניAdonai, Dom. Gr. Κύριος, יהוהJehovah. ↩