Bible Lexicons

אֲדֹנָי the Lord; only used of God, Genesis 18:27; Judges 13:8; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 1:11, etc., etc. [“Chiefly (in the Pentateuch always) where God is submissively and reverently addressed; as in the phrases בִּי אֲדֹנָי Exodus 4:10, 13 Joshua 7:8 אָנָּא אֲדֹנָי Nehemiah 1:11, comp. Genesis 15:2 -18:3032 ; Exodus 34:9, etc. Then also where God is spoken of, 1 Kings 13:10, 22:6 2 Kings 7:6, 19:23 Isaiah 6:8, 8:7. Frequently other divine names are added, as אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוָה (which the Masorites write אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִֹה), Isaiah 40:10; Jeremiah 2:22 אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים Daniel 9:13.” Ges. add.] The termination ־ַי is an older form of pluralis excellentiœ, for the common ־ִים (as in שַׁדַּי) [see note]; but for ־ַי, the lengthened form ־ָי has been put by the grammarians, so as to distinguish it from אֲדֹנַי “my lords.” There are some, and amongst them, of late, Ewald (Heb. Gram. p. 299), who consider אֲדֹנָי properly to signify “my lord;” so that ־ָי would be for ־ַי, suff. 1 pers. pl.; the signification of the possessive pronoun being however commonly neglected, as in the Syr. ܡܪܳܝ and French Monsieur. In favour of their opinion they can refer to Psalms 35:23, אֱלֹהַי וַאדֹנָי; however, there is this hindrance

(a) that this word is never used with this very suffix, 1 pers. pl., except in a plural sense (אֲדֹנַי is always “my lords”).

(b) and that Jehovah calls himself אֲדֹנָי; Job 28:28; Isaiah 8:7 comp. verse Lehrgeb. p. 524. [In Thes. Gesenius adopts this opinion himself, and rightly; the difficulty as to God calling himself אֲדֹנָי, is fully met by the fact that in Job very many MSS. read יְהֹוָה, and in Isa. eight do so: further, this word never takes the art. even when it is almost needed, which is fully explained by regarding the termination to include a suffix.] The Jews, from an over scrupulous superstition and reverence for the name of God, whenever in the sacred text יְהֹוָה occurs, read it אֲדֹנָי, which in the writers of a later age is pretty frequently in the text; Daniel 9:3,,,, 15, 16, 19.

אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֲ֝דֹנָי אֲ֭דֹנָי אֲ‍ֽדֹנָ֗י אֲ‍ֽדֹנָי אֲד֖וֹן אֲד֤וֹן אֲדֹנִ֖י אֲדֹנֵ֔ינוּ אֲדֹנַ֣יִךְ אֲדֹנָ֑י אֲדֹנָ֔י אֲדֹנָ֕י אֲדֹנָ֖י אֲדֹנָ֗י אֲדֹנָ֛י אֲדֹנָ֜י אֲדֹנָ֞י אֲדֹנָ֣י אֲדֹנָ֣י ׀ אֲדֹנָ֤י אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ אֲדֹנָ֥י אֲדֹנָ֧י אֲדֹנָ֨י אֲדֹנָ֪י אֲדֹנָֽי׃ אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ אֲדֹנָי֒ אֲדֹנָי֙ אֲדֹנָי֩ אֲדֹנָי֮ אֲדוֹנָ֔י אדון אדוני אדני אדני׃ אדניו׃ אדניך אדנינו בַּאדֹנָ֣י באדני הָֽאָדֹ֥ן ׀ הָאָדֹ֥ן ׀ האדן וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ וַֽאדֹנָ֣י וַֽאדֹנָ֤י וַאֲדֹנֵ֖י וַאדֹנָ֖י וַאדֹנָ֞י וַאדֹנָ֤י וַאדֹנָ֨י ואדני ואדנינו לַֽאדֹנָ֑י לַֽאדֹנָ֔י לַֽאדֹנָ֣י לַֽאדֹנָ֧י לַֽאדֹנָי֙ לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ לַאדֹנָ֧י לַאדֹנָ֨י לאדני לאדנינו ’ă·ḏō·na·yiḵ ’ă·ḏō·nāw ’ă·ḏō·nāy ’ă·ḏō·nê·nū ’ă·ḏō·nî ’ă·ḏō·w·nāy ’ă·ḏō·wn ’ăḏō·nāy ’ăḏōnāw ’ăḏōnāy ’ăḏōnayiḵ ’ăḏōnênū ’ăḏōnî ’ăḏōwn ’ăḏōwnāy aDon adoNai adoNav adoNayich adoNeinu adoNi ba·ḏō·nāy badoNai baḏōnāy hā’āḏōn hā·’ā·ḏōn haaDon la’ăḏōnênū la·’ă·ḏō·nê·nū la·ḏō·nāy laadoNeinu ladoNai laḏōnāy vaadoNei vaadoNeinu vadoNai wa’ăḏōnê wa’ăḏōnênū wa·’ă·ḏō·nê wa·’ă·ḏō·nê·nū wa·ḏō·nāy waḏōnāy