...Surely we would have to add a vowel also to the end of Adonai, for this should really be written Adonay as in Hebrew it ends with a full consonantal yod. But I'm not sure about adding a vowel to the l- prefix, because the alef in l'Adonay is silent in the Masoretic pointing and could already have been silent at the earlier time we are considering, as it surely always was in ro'sh.
If we are adding a final vowel (CV), then we must add a vowel after each consonant. We are using ADONAI because that's the only pronunciation we have. We have the psalm formula for the 96th; we also have the bilingual to check one against the other. Note that the addition of final vowels changes the meter.
MT:
shiru l'Adonai shir hadash
shiru l'Adonai kol ha-aretz.
Final vowels added to all C:
shiru le Adonai shira hadasha
shiru le Adonai kola ha-artza
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