[HANASHIR:8471] Re: HANASHIR digest 1164

[Eric Simon <erics...>]

>Interestingly, although I almost always write songs using Adonai -- i've
>written 2 with Hashem simply because 2 syllables fit better than 3.

If needed, Adoshem also has three syllables.

>As Andy suggested, all these names are just euphemisms for a Divine
>Presense which has no pronouncible name.

HaShem has more than one name, however.  Look in the Torah and you'll find
Elokim in the first sentence.  You'll also find Ad-nai (spelled out as
Alef-Daled-etc.) as referring to HaShem, too.  So it is not the case that
Elokim and Ad-nai are equivalent to HaShem.

-- Eric


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