09-20-2011, 03:38 AM
Adonai is used many times in supplications such as this one (i.e. "Biy Adonai ..."); this is caused greatly by the possessive conjugation of the word. There are points at which the NAME is euphamized to Adonai, but it is unlikely to be the case in this verse. I recently did a brief scan through some verses in the Targums, and it seems that the targumists replace have YY in more places than I think probable. It's tough to ascertain how the original may have read in some points regarding YHWH vs Adonai. The Syriac agrees with the literal meaning of the LXX and the MT in this case, namely "My master".
See also how the targumists and LXX translate "Adonai YHWH" (also the same is the case in the Syriac).
See also how the targumists and LXX translate "Adonai YHWH" (also the same is the case in the Syriac).