Adonai Mitchell - name cracks me up

[Dan Darragh]

Lots more good theologians on this board than guys who actually understand football.

[foreboding]

8 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

I’ve often thought this was gravely misunderstood. You’re not supposed to take/use the Lord’s name in vain. It doesn’t say that you cannot say his name. So you are not supposed to use the Lord to swear/promise/threaten anyone, as if you have some authority over what God does or doesn’t do. Nor are you to tempt the Lord to do anything. It’s perfectly fine however to say his name in worship and adoration. 

Would being named "God" possibley be considered a little vain or no?

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, foreboding said:

Would being named "God" possibley be considered a little vain or no?

 

It depends. Can you punt?  

[SoCal Deek]

41 minutes ago, foreboding said:

Would being named "God" possibley be considered a little vain or no?

God’s name isn’t God. That’s his title. 😉

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

God’s name isn’t God. That’s his title. 😉

 

I checked the Org chart, and it seems you are correct. 

[Warriorspikes51]

Adonai means “my Lord” 

 

 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

10 hours ago, boyst said:

i honestly don't even know how to pronounce it.

 

is it Ad-on-ay? Adon-aye? A-done-yay? A-done-knee-ya? A-aron?

Amy Grant released a very popular Christian song “El Shaddai” in 1982. It includes the name Adonai. She pronounced it “ah-doe-nigh”.   Adonai Mitchell’s parents may have heard “El Shaddai” on the radio or at church. I know I did. 

[Don Otreply]

My real first name supposedly means     “God like” so I got that going for me, 😁🍸🚬

[WotAGuy]

We need Key and Peele to give us the correct pronunciation. 
 

Watch, his parents will be like “We wanted to name him Donald, but that’s too common.
So we decided on “A Donny” or Adonai”

[NoHuddleKelly12]

1 hour ago, Tulsabillsfanz said:

Amy Grant released a very popular Christian song “El Shaddai” in 1982. It includes the name Adonai. She pronounced it “ah-doe-nigh”.   Adonai Mitchell’s parents may have heard “El Shaddai” on the radio or at church. I know I did. 

 

[Ralonzo]

6 hours ago, Rigotz said:

Is this funny?

 

I know a lot of Mexicans named Jesus and it never cracks me up.

 

[Mikie2times]

2 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

[BigAl2526]

4 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

Lots more good theologians on this board than guys who actually understand football.

Having a little knowledge about the Bible and the Judeo/Christian religion does not preclude also having some knowledge about football and the Bills.

[Thrivefourfive]

Thought it was a-don-yay

[Putin]

20 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:

Having been raised in the Jewish faith this name never fails to crack me up.  "Adonai" is Hebrew for "God" and religious Jews are so careful of observing the commandment of not taking God's name in vain, they actually won't say this word unless engaged in formal prayer.  In other cases they substitute the word Hashem which means "the name."

 

I can't wait until he catches a Hail Mary pass.

Amen 🙏🏻 !!!

[Motorin']

On 4/17/2024 at 3:40 AM, Dan Darragh said:

Having been raised in the Jewish faith this name never fails to crack me up.  "Adonai" is Hebrew for "God" and religious Jews are so careful of observing the commandment of not taking God's name in vain, they actually won't say this word unless engaged in formal prayer.  In other cases they substitute the word Hashem which means "the name."

 

I can't wait until he catches a Hail Mary pass.

 

OJ Simpson, not a Jew. 

[frostbitmic]

On 4/17/2024 at 10:05 AM, MikePJ76 said:

Too many snack cakes

 

[pkwwjd]

On 4/17/2024 at 3:34 PM, Ponch said:

What do you mean by that? 

I mean that "Jehovah" was contrived from the consonants of YHWH and the vowels of Adonai (and dragged through a couple languages other than English). It's now a "word" ... but it literally does not appear in the original languages.

[jkann]

On 4/17/2024 at 7:30 AM, pkwwjd said:

Adonai is actually not the formal name of God that the Jewish faith refuses to say, out of respect for His name. Adonai is actually the name for the Lord that the Jewish faith substitutes for the name revealed to Moses at the burning bush. What we have in the book of Exodus is simply the Hebrew letters that transliterate as YHWH (often anglicized as Yahweh, but we literally aren't sure how it would have been pronounced as the vowel points have been lost to time). Another word, Jehovah, was the rough mixing of the consonants from YHWH (JHVH) and the vowels from Adonai. Jehovah is not a "real" word but has been used as the "name" of the Lord.

 

Y'all are all good using Adonai.

I'm not sure about that. Being of current Jewish religious faith, I know that there are more then one names of G-d that we cannot say. The worst is pronouncing any transliteration of the word YHWH even during prayer. The word Sha-dai is also very harsh and is usually replaced with the word Shakai when not praying. Words like E-l, Elo-heinu, and most notably Ado-nai are not supposed to be pronounced while referring to G-d. However, while not referring to G-d and referring to a football player in this case, one should be very careful saying it but it might be okay. To be safe though, I recommend just call him "AD" because he goes by that anyways.