ምሥዋዕ

Ge'ez

Etymology

From the same root as Arabic شَوَى (šawā), Classical Syriac ܣܘܳܬܳܐ. Less likely related to Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ.

Noun

ምሥዋዕ • (məśwaʿ) m or f (plural ምሥዋዓት (məśwaʿat) or ምሥዋዓታት (məśwaʿatat))

1. altar
   • Genesis 13:4

     ውስተ ፡ መካን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ህየ ፡ ቀዲሙ ፡ ወጸውዐ ፡ አብራም ፡ ስመ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ በህየ ።

     wəstä mäkan ḫäbä gäbrä məśwaʿä həyä ḳädimu wäṣäwʿä ʾäbram səmä ʾəgziʾäbḥer bähyä .

     to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

2. sacrarium, adytum
3. sacrifice

Related terms

• ሠውዐ (śäwʿä)
• ተሦዐ (täśoʿä)
• ሡዕ (śuʿ)
• ሣውዕ (śawʿ)
• ሠዋዒ (śäwaʿi)
• ሡዐት (śuʿät)
• ተሠዋዒ (täśäwaʿi)
• መሥዋዕት (mäśwaʿt)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ምሥዋዕ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 257