How Does Adonai Mean?

Adonai (אֲדֹנָי, lit. "My Lords") is the plural form of adon ("Lord"), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. ... In the Hebrew Bible, it is nearly always used to refer to God (approximately 450 occurrences).

Is it OK to say Adonai?

Since pronouncing YHWH is considered sinful, Jews use Adonai instead in prayers, and colloquially would use Hashem (The Name). When the Masoretes added vowel pointings to the text of the Hebrew Bible in the first century CE, they gave the word YHWH the vowels of Adonai, to remind the reader to say Adonai instead.

What is God's highest name?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Elyon (Biblical Hebrew עליון‎; Masoretic ʿElyōn) is an epithet of the God of the Israelites in the Hebrew Bible. ʾĒl ʿElyōn is usually rendered in English as "God Most High", and similarly in the Septuagint as ὁ Θεός ὁ ὕψιστος ("God the highest").