Biblical Hebrew Forum

["yahua'sef" <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU>]

Shalom Alaikhem!

"Barukh ata Adonai...!"

Such words have been said in prayer and passed along for years and years,
but why was this chosen to substitute the ORIGINAL name in the beginning?

As far as I have researched, this false name for the Creator (Adonai)
really originated from the Phoencian word 'AdOn' which means 'Lord' but
is also employed in Greek mythology as 'Adonis' which is supposedly a
handsome young male, represented by the Male Phallus. Why would the
Greeks allow this word introduced to them(Adon) to be converted into one
of indecency and why did this word later become adopted into Hebrew
language for replacing the name of 'YHWH' ??