Genesis 20:4:6Gen.20.4.W6PAT
אֲדֹנָ֕י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔă.doː.ˈnaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
- French
- Seigneur
- Spanish
- Señor
- Portuguese
- Senhor
- German
- Herr
- Russian
- Господь
- Arabic-Simplified
- الرَّبّ
- Hindi
- प्रभु
- Chinese-Simplified
- 主
- Korean
- 주
- Indonesian
- Tuhan
- Bengali
- প্রভু
- Tagalog
- Panginoon
- Swahili
- Bwana
- Amharic
- ጌታ
- Yoruba
- Oluwa
- Igbo
- Onyenwe anyị
- Twi
- Awurade
- Ewe
- Aƒetɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֲ + דֹ + נָ֕י
↓
a + do + nai
↓
adonai
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- clause
va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG
- sentence
va-a-vi-ME-lekh LO ka-RAV e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR a-do-NAI ha-GOI gam-tsa-DIK ta-ha-ROG
In context — Genesis 20:4
and Abimelech did not approach her said Lord will you kill even a righteous nation
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:4, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֕י (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.20.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.4.W6.S1) and character.