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n. - A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from Hebrew

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  • Adonai is also the perpetual substitute for the ineffable Name Yahve, to which it lends its vowel signs.
  • Later, with the development of a national spirit, the religious ideal became a theocracy, and Yahve became a King and Supreme
  • He knew that at various stages the Yahve of the Hebrews represented very different conceptions, answering to changes in the social and political conditions of the people.
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