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Psalms 35:17

“Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây · ad-o-noy'
H136 · Hebrew

Definition: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Derivation: an emphatic form of H113 (אָדוֹן);
KJV renderings: (my) Lord.
Grammar: אֲדֹנָ — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
י֮ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmpc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 445 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:2 Genesis 15:8 Genesis 18:27 Genesis 18:30 Genesis 18:31

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲדֹנָי here.

Verse 16 Verse 18

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.