ሰቀለ

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Ge'ez

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Etymology

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Compare Hebrew שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”),[1] Arabic ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”) and شَقَلَ (šaqala, “to weigh a coin; to lift up, pull up, hoist”).[2]

Verb

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ሰቀለ • (säḳälä)

  1. to hang
  2. kill by hanging, crucify
    • Deuteronomy
      ወለእመቦ ፡ ዘአበሰ ፡ ወበጽሖ ፡ ጌጋዩ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትኰነን ፡ ሞተ ፡ ትስቅልዎ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ዕፅ ፡ ወቅትልዎ ።
      wäläʾmäbo zäʾäbäsä wäbäṣḥo gegayu kämä yətkʷänän motä təsḳəlwo dibä ʿəṣ́ wäḳtəlwo .
      If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole,
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References

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  1. ^ A. Murtonen (1989) “ʃQL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 436
  2. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شقل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 549

Further reading

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