ታቦት

Cognate with Arabic تابُوتٌ (tābūtun), Hebrew תּיבה, Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲓ (taibi).

ታቦት • (tabot) (plural ታቦታት (tabotat))

1. ark
   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[1], Leipzig, Genesis 6:14:

     ወግበር ፡ ለከ ፡ ታቦተ ፡ እንተ ፡ ዕፅ ፡ ወርብዕት ፡ ወከመዝ ፡ ትገብራ ፡ ለይእቲ ፡ ታቦት ፡ ወትቀብኣ ፡ ፒሳ ፡ እንተ ፡ ውስጣ ፡ ወእንተ ፡ አፍኣሃኒ ፡ በፒሳ ።

     wägbär läkä tabotä ʾəntä ʿəṣ́ wärbəʿt wäkämäz təgäbra läyʾəti tabot wätḳäbʾa pisa ʾəntä wəsṭa wäʾnətä ʾäfʾahani bäpisa .

     Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

   • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici‎^[2], Leipzig, Numbers 14:44:

     ወተኀይሎሙ ፡ ዐርጉ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ርእሰ ፡ ደብር ፡ ወታቦተ ፡ ሕጉሰ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ወሙሴሂ ፡ ኢተሐውሱ ፡ እምነ ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ትዕይንት ።

     wätäḫäylomu ʿärgu wəstä rəʾsä däbr wätabotä ḥəgusä läʾgəziʾäbḥer wämusehi ʾitäḥäwsu ʾəmnä maʾkälä təʿyənt .

     But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

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