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  • Actually, the verse has YHWH (adonai) talking to a thoroughly human Lord (adoni).

    When Did The Word Become Flesh? James F. McGrath 2009

  • Baruch atta adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam, borai p'ri hagafen

    This is funny! Good for a chuckle... 2008

  • -- My father loved learning with a passion equaled only by his love for my mother, and he used this knowledge in the service of the adonai, keeper of his gardens, managing the meidan with care.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • This was no simple work of gardening, for within those grounds the adonai had specimens of even the very rarest plants and trees, prized for their aphrodisiac or medicinal, perhaps magical properties.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

  • This was no simple work of gardening, for within those grounds the adonai had specimens of even the very rarest plants and trees, prized for their aphrodisiac or medicinal, perhaps magical properties.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- The adonai had a walled garden filled with every tree of fruit and flower, every bush and herb of the known world, sight and scents and tastes more exquisite than any artisan of paint, perfume or pot could ever hope to imitate.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- Once, he began, to the west of this valley lay the meidan of a powerful adonai, a man of fabulous wealth and power that stretched out all across this land.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- The adonai had a walled garden filled with every tree of fruit and flower, every bush and herb of the known world, sight and scents and tastes more exquisite than any artisan of paint, perfume or pot could ever hope to imitate.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- Once, he began, to the west of this valley lay the meidan of a powerful adonai, a man of fabulous wealth and power that stretched out all across this land.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

  • -- My father loved learning with a passion equaled only by his love for my mother, and he used this knowledge in the service of the adonai, keeper of his gardens, managing the meidan with care.

    The Face Of The Divine Hal Duncan 2005

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