אֲדֹנָי

Transliteration: adonai
Old Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉
Meaning: The divine name — God revealed this name to Moses but not to the earlier patriarchs
Root: אדן

The divine name. Lapide notes that God revealed this name to Moses but not to the earlier patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers — Lapide cites God's words distinguishing Moses's knowledge from that of the patriarchs
"I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and my name Adonai (Jehovah) I did not make known to them"