ግብር

Amharic

Noun

ግብር • (gəbr) ?

1. tax
2. banquet
3. feast

Ge'ez

Noun

ግብር • (gəbr) m or f (plural ግበር (gəbär) or ግብራት (gəbrat))

1. action
2. labor, work
   • Exodus 1:11

     ወሤመ ፡ ዲቤሆሙ ፡ ሊቃነ ፡ ገባር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይሣቅይዎሙ ፡ በግብር ፤ ወነደቁ ፡ አህጉረ ፡ ጽኑዓተ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ፈቶ[ም ፡] ወራምሴ ፡ ወኦን ፡ እንተ ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ሀገረ ፡ ፀሐይ ።

     wäśemä dibehomu liḳanä gäbar kämä yəśaḳyəwomu bägbər ; wänädäḳu ʾähgurä ṣənuʿatä läfärʿon fäto[mə ] wäramse wäʾon ʾəntä yəʾti hägärä ṣ́äḥäy .

     Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

   • Exodus 5:13

     ወዝኩሰ ፡ ነዳእቶሙ ፡ ያጔጕእዎሙ ፡ ወይብልዎሙ ፡ ፈጽሙ ፡ ግብረክሙ ፡ ዘለለ ፡ ዕለትክሙ ፡ በከመ ፡ አመ ፡ ንሁበክሙ ፡ ኀሠረ ።

     wäzkusä nädaʾtomu yagʷegʷʾəwomu wäybəlwomu fäṣmu gəbräkmu zälälä ʿəlätkəmu bäkämä ʾämä nəhubäkmu ḫäśärä .

     And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”

3. business
4. a (holy) office, ministry
   • Exodus 39:1

     ወኵሉ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ዘተገብረ ፡ ለግብረ ፡ ቅዱሳን ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ዐሥራተ ፡ ዘያበውኡ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ፳ወ፱መካልይ ፡ ወ፯፻ወ፴ሰቅል ፡ በሰቅለ ፡ ቅዱሳን ።

     wäkʷlu wärḳ zätägäbrä lägbərä ḳədusan wärḳ ʿäśratä zäyabäwʾu wäkonä 20wä9mäkaly wä700wä30säḳl bäsäḳlä ḳədusan .

     Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

5. art, work, craft
6. a workman

References

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