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One of the names for [[God]] is '''Adonai''', which is Hebrew for "Lord" (Hebrew: דֹנָי). Formally, this is a plural ("Lords"), but the plural is usually construed as a respectful, and not a syntactic plural. The singular form is ''Adoni'' ("lord"). This was used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god Tammuz and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s only use the singular to refer to a distinguished person.

Some suggest that "Adonai" and other names of God may be written in the plural form to point out that this one God embodies all of the many gods that were worshipped by the ancestors of the [[Ancient Israel|Israelites]] and concurrently by the surrounding peoples.

Since pronouncing God's personal name [[Yahweh|YHWH]] is considered sinful by the Jews, they use ''Adonai'' instead in [[prayer]]s and the reading of the [[Bible|Scripture]]s. When the Masoretes added vowel pointings to the text of the [[Old Testament|Hebrew Bible]] in the first century A.D., they gave the word YHWH the vowels of ''Adonai'', to remind the reader to say ''Adonai'' instead.

==See also==
* [[Elohim]]
* [[Yahweh]]

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-One of the names for [[God]] is '''Adonai''', which is Hebrew for  &quot;Lord&quot; (Hebrew: דֹנָי). Formally, this is a plural (&quot;Lords&quot;), but the plural is usually construed as a respectful, and not a syntactic plural. The singular form is ''Adoni'' (&quot;lord&quot;). This was used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god Tammuz and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s only use the singular to refer to a distinguished person.
+One of the names for [[God]] in [[Biblical Hebrew|ancient Hebrew]] in the [[Old Testament]]) is '''Adonai'''. In Hebrew this word means &quot;Lord&quot; (Hebrew: דֹנָי). Grammatically "adonai" is plural (&quot;Lords&quot;) but is used in the singular sense. The word (in the singular) was also used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god [[Tammuz]] and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s only used the singular to refer to a distinguished person.
-Some suggest that &quot;Adonai&quot; and other names of God may be written in the plural form to point out that this one God embodies all of the many gods that were worshipped by the ancestors of the [[Ancient Israel|Israelites]] and concurrently by the surrounding peoples.
+Since pronouncing God's personal name [[Yahweh|YHWH]] has been considered wrong by many Jews, they use ''Adonai'' instead of Yahweh in [[prayer]]s and the reading of the Scriptures. When the Masoretes added vowel pointings to the text of the [[Old Testament|Hebrew Bible]] in the first century A.D., they gave the word YHWH the vowels of ''Adonai'', to remind the reader to say ''Adonai'' instead. Thus the word Yahweh read as Jehovah (Yehowah)
-Since pronouncing God's personal name [[Yahweh|YHWH]] is considered sinful by the Jews, they use ''Adonai'' instead in [[prayer]]s and the reading of the [[Bible|Scripture]]s. When the Masoretes added vowel pointings to the text of the [[Old Testament|Hebrew Bible]] in the first century A.D., they gave the word YHWH the vowels of ''Adonai'', to remind the reader to say ''Adonai'' instead.
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 Since pronouncing God's personal name [[Yahweh|YHWH]] is considered sinful by the Jews, they use ''Adonai'' instead in [[prayer]]s and the reading of the [[Bible|Scripture]]s. When the Masoretes added vowel pointings to the text of the [[Old Testament|Hebrew Bible]] in the first century A.D., they gave the word YHWH the vowels of ''Adonai'', to remind the reader to say ''Adonai'' instead.
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	One of the names for [[God]] is '''Adonai''', which is Hebrew for "Lord" (Hebrew: דֹנָי). Formally, this is a plural ("Lords"), but the plural is usually construed as a respectful, and not a syntactic plural. The singular form is ''Adoni'' ("lord"). This was used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god Tammuz and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s only use the singular to refer to a distinguished person.		One of the names for [[God]] is '''Adonai''', which is Hebrew for "Lord" (Hebrew: דֹנָי). Formally, this is a plural ("Lords"), but the plural is usually construed as a respectful, and not a syntactic plural. The singular form is ''Adoni'' ("lord"). This was used by the Phoenicians for the pagan god Tammuz and is the origin of the Greek name ''Adonis''. [[Jew]]s only use the singular to refer to a distinguished person.