- Original: עדלי - Transliteration: `Adlay - Phonetic: ad-lah'-ee - Definition: Adlai = justice of Jehovah 1. ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David's herds - Origin: probably from an unused root of uncertain meaning - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: Probably from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Adlai an Israelite: - Adlai. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Adlai, 1 1 Chronicles 27:29