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202 Adonai Adonai Uelek

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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

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God

to Impart

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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 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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