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Adonai

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Adonai: see God God, divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions. See also religion and articles on individual religions.
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Adonai
Judaism a name for God

Adonai
spoken in place of the ineffable Yahweh. [Judaism: NCE, 22]
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Adonai 

(Hebrew respectful plural of “my lord”), a designation for god in the Old Testament. In Judaic tradition the word “Adonai” is substituted for the name of the god Yahweh in reading sacred texts.



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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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