Eleison, elision, whatever it takes

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)

Analysis

Adonai ... Adon ... perhaps confusion between "eleison" and "elision" ...?

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

External links

• [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022)

• eleison @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us)
• elision @ Wiktionary

1. The deliberate omission of something.

(linguistics)

1. The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.