Adonai Adonai Uelek
TIIK
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA
uia}' be meutioiK'd or heard ouly by Uolj- men whose ears ami tongues are puritieil by wisdom, and by no other in any plaee whatsoever." Aceording to Josephus ("Aui." ii. 12, ^ 4):
" Moses name and
l>esoui;ht
God
to Impart
tci
blin the
knowledge of His
lt.s pninunriatlon so that tie inlirbt t>e able to Invoice lltm l>y name ut the siu-ivd arts, wtiereupon (io<l eoinmiintcated His name. hltlifrt^> unknown to any muu and It would be a sin
pronunciation became a secret, entrusted only to the kanherini (worthy ones) or the zemi'im (Essenes = " the humble or cha.ste ones '"), but withcorrect
held from the frivolous, the Hellenists (jKruzim); and even the former were taught it ouly once every seven years, and then oidy after due |)urification and .sanetilieation (see Kid. Tbi; Yer. Yoma, I.e., and compare Tosef. Ytulayim. at the close, in Simson " Wo upon you, ye Pharof Sens' commentary). isees, who pronounce the Holy Mame each morning ,
for uie to niintliin it."
Prouuneiation of the
SOS
Name by
the
Temple
priests
ADONAI, ADONAI Leiito.
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