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Yahweh vs Adonai - What's the difference?

yahweh | adonai |

As a proper noun yahweh

is (history of religion) the name of the god of israel worshipped by the jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of israel and judah in antiquity.

As a verb adonai is

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yahweh

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (history of religion) the name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity
  • * 1913 "No certain evidence for the pre-Mosaic use of the form Yahweh [...] seems yet to have been brought forward." (H. W. Robinson, Religious Ideas of Old Testament , 3.53)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1998 , first = Anne , last = Rice , authorlink = Anne Rice , title = The Vampire Armand , location = New York , publisher = Knopf , isbn = 9780679454472 , ol = 354828M , page = 273 , passage = We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh , Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone. }}
  • (biblical) in "Sacred Name Bibles", translating the Tetragrammaton
  • * 1985 "At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven" (New Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 2:4)

    • Synonyms

    * Yahuwah * Jah * Jehovah * (YHVH)

    See also

    * hallelujah * Tetragrammaton English terms derived from the Bible ----

    adonai

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Judaism) One of the many names of God.

    • Usage notes

    (l), the true name of the Jewish (and by extension (l)) God, is read as Adonai or as (l) while praying or reading the (l). The word Adonai is normally used only in prayer, else the speaker risks taking the Lord’s name in vain. In normal speech, the word (l) ("The Name") is used instead.

    Derived terms

    * adonist

    References

    * [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Adonai]