ኖመ

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Ge'ez[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Hebrew נום, Arabic نَامَ (nāma), Classical Syriac ܢܳܡ.

Verb[edit]

ኖመ (nomä)

  1. to sleep
  2. to fall asleep
    • Deuteronomy:31:16:
      ወይቤሎ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ለሙሴ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ትነውም ፡ አንተ ፡ ምስለ ፡ አበዊከ ፡ ወይትነሣእ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ወይዜምዉ ፡ ድኅረ ፡ አማልክተ ፡ ባዕድ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ምድር ፡ እንተ ፡ ውስቴታ ፡ ይበውኡ ፡ ወየኀድጉኒ ፡ ወይትዔወሩ ፡ ኪዳንየ ፡ ዘተካየድክዎሙ ።
      wäybelo ʾəgziʾäbḥer lämuse nahu tənäwm ʾäntä məslä ʾäbäwikä wäytənäśaʾ zəntu ḥəzb wäyzemwu dəḫrä ʾämalkətä baʿd zäwsətä mədr ʾəntä wəsteta yəbäwʾu wäyäḫädguni wäytəʿewäru kidanyä zätäkayädkəwomu .
      And the LORD said to Moses: "You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.
      New International Version of the Bible

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