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* [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022) | * [https://www.facebook.com/groups/148384204080167/posts/346833790901873/?comment_id=347043957547523&reply_comment_id=347354854183100 Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022) | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eleison eleison] @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us) | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eleison eleison] @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us) | ||
Revision as of 07:17, 31 August 2022
Context: "I found a Hebrew "expert" on the internet who said Adon was an acceptable variant of Adonai. I only wanted two syllables, so I went with it."
—Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction): Comment @ Facebook
Analysis
Adonai ... Adon ... perhaps confusion between "eleison" and "elision" ...?
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External links
- Comment @ Facebook (31 August 2022)
- eleison @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us)
- elision @ Wiktionary
- (1) The deliberate omission of something.
(linguistics)
- (2) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.