ወቀረ
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Ge'ez[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Arabic وَقَرَ (waqara).
Verb[edit]
ወቀረ • (wäḳärä)
- to excavate, dig, cut
- Numbers 21:18
- እንተ ፡ ከረይዋ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ወወቀርዋ ፡ ነገሥተ ፡ አሕዛብ ፡ በምኵናኖሙ ፤ ወእምይአቲ ፡ ዐዘቅት ፡ ውስተ ፡ መንተናይን ።
- ʾəntä käräywa mälaʾkət wäwäḳärwa nägäśtä ʾäḥzab bämkʷənanomu ; wäʾməyʾäti ʿäzäḳt wəstä mäntänayn .
- About the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah.
- Numbers 21:18
References[edit]
- Dillmann, August (1865) “ወቀረ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 912