ምሥዋዕ
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Ge'ez[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same root as Arabic شَوَى (šawā), Classical Syriac ܣܘܳܬܳܐ. Less likely related to Hebrew מִזְבֵּחַ.
Noun[edit]
ምሥዋዕ • (məśwaʿ) m or f (plural ምሥዋዓት (məśwaʿat) or ምሥዋዓታት (məśwaʿatat))
- 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.
- Genesis 13:4
- sacrarium, adytum
- sacrifice
Related terms[edit]
- ሠውዐ (śäwʿä)
- ተሦዐ (täśoʿä)
- ሡዕ (śuʿ)
- ሣውዕ (śawʿ)
- ሠዋዒ (śäwaʿi)
- ሡዐት (śuʿät)
- ተሠዋዒ (täśäwaʿi)
- መሥዋዕት (mäśwaʿt)
References[edit]
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ምሥዋዕ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 257