1E “Sovrano Signore” Ebr. ʼAdhonài
La parola ebraica ʼAdhonài senza l’aggiunta di suffisso si riferisce sempre a Geova Dio, denotandone il potere sovrano. Perciò è appropriato renderla “Sovrano Signore”. ʼAdhonài ricorre 439 volte in BHK e BHS. Abbiamo ripristinato la lezione originale in 133 luoghi in cui la lezione originale “Geova” fu cambiata dai soferim in ʼAdhonài. (Vedi App. 1B). Perciò questo riduce da 439 a 306 il numero dei luoghi in cui ricorre ʼAdhonài. In questi 306 luoghi la Traduzione del Nuovo Mondo rende ʼAdhonài “Sovrano Signore”.
L’espressione ʼAdhonài Yehwìh, “Sovrano Signore Geova”, si trova 285 volte in BHK e BHS, cioè in Ge 15:2, 8; De 3:24; 9:26; Gsè 7:7; Gdc 6:22; 16:28; 2Sa 7:18, 19, 19, 20, 22, 28, 29; 1Re 2:26; 8:53; Sl 71:5, 16; 73:28; Isa 7:7; 25:8; 28:16; 30:15; 40:10; 48:16; 49:22; 50:4, 5, 7, 9; 52:4; 56:8; 61:1, 11; 65:13, 15; Ger 1:6; 2:22; 4:10; 7:20; 14:13; 32:17, 25; 44:26; Ez 2:4; 3:11, 27; 4:14; 5:5, 7, 8, 11; 6:3, 3, 11; 7:2, 5; 8:1; 9:8; 11:7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 21; 12:10, 19, 23, 25, 28, 28; 13:3, 8, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20; 14:4, 6, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23; 15:6, 8; 16:3, 8, 14, 19, 23, 30, 36, 43, 48, 59, 63; 17:3, 9, 16, 19, 22; 18:3, 9, 23, 30, 32; 20:3, 3, 5, 27, 30, 31, 33, 36, 39, 40, 44, 47, 49; 21:7, 13, 24, 26, 28; 22:3, 12, 19, 28, 31; 23:22, 28, 32, 34, 35, 46, 49; 24:3, 6, 9, 14, 21, 24; 25:3, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; 26:3, 5, 7, 14, 15, 19, 21; 27:3; 28:2, 6, 10, 12, 22, 24, 25; 29:3, 8, 13, 16, 19, 20; 30:2, 6, 10, 13, 22; 31:10, 15, 18; 32:3, 8, 11, 14, 16, 31, 32; 33:11, 25, 27; 34:2, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 30, 31; 35:3, 6, 11, 14; 36:2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 32, 33, 37; 37:3, 5, 9, 12, 19, 21; 38:3, 10, 14, 17, 18, 21; 38:3, 10, 14, 17, 18, 21; 39:1, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 20, 25, 29; 43:18, 19, 27; 44:6, 9, 12, 15, 27; 45:9, 9, 15, 18; 46:1, 16; 47:13, 23; 48:29; Am 1:8; 3:7, 8, 11, 13; 4:2, 5; 5:3; 6:8; 7:1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6; 8:1, 3, 9, 11; 9:8; Abd 1; Mic 1:2; Sof 1:7; Zac 9:14.
L’espressione Yehwìh ʼAdhonài, “Geova il Sovrano Signore”, si trova cinque volte in BHK e BHS, cioè in Sl 68:20; 109:21; 140:7; 141:8; Aba 3:19.
L’espressione ʼAdhonài Yehwìh tsevaʼòhth, “Sovrano Signore, Geova degli eserciti”, si trova 16 volte in BHK e BHS, cioè in Sl 69:6; Isa 3:15; 10:23, 24; 22:5, 12, 14, 15; 28:22; Ger 2:19; 46:10, 10; 49:5; 50:25, 31; Am 9:5.