Genesis 15:2:3Gen.15.2.W3TAB
אֲדֹנָ֤י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔă.ðoˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ma-ti-TEN-li ve-a-no-KHI ho-LEKH a-ri-RI
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ma-ti-TEN-li ve-a-no-KHI ho-LEKH a-ri-RI u-ven-ME-shek BEI-ti HU da-ME-sek e-li-E-zer
Exegesis
The compound title Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִה | ʾă-ḏō-nāy yĕ-hō-wih} in the vocative highlights covenantal authority.
Root and etymology
aleph-dalet-nunaleph–dalet–nun
“lord master”
In context — Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord GOD , what will You give me, since I continue to go childless , and the heir of my household is Eliezer of Damascus?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:2, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֤י (adonai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.2.W3.S1) and character.