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adonai
/ˌæ.dəˈnaɪ/
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What does adonai mean?
proper noun
- The Lord: a Hebrew title of God.
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For the shadows have fled, the luminous curtain fades, is gone, and flashing before the inward sight stands the ineffable Adonai.
The amours of Adonis with Venus and Proserpine, the lovely goddesses of the upper and under worlds, or of Attis with Cybele, the blooming Earth-mother, are obvious vegetation-symbols; but they do not exclude the interpretation that Adonis (Adonai) may also figure as a Sun-god.