(1) But, on the other hand, it is the translation of Adonai , supreme Lord, an incommunicable name of God, and the substitute for Jehovah, a name the Jews would not pronounce.(2) Still, at other times, like now, I don't feel hypocritical at all talking to Adonai - Elohim and Jehovah.(3) My colleague, Rabbi David Blumenthal, writes, ‘The way to Adonai is not straight, it has ups and down, twists and turns.’(4) In the New Testament, Jesus allows himself to be called ‘Lord’, which is our translation of Adonai , the substitute word for YHWH.(5) In the daily priestly blessing, the Tetragrammaton was vocalized with the vowel points associated with the name Adonai .
