ወፅአ
Ge'ez
Etymology
Compare Hebrew יָצָא (yɔṣɔ́ʔ), Amharic ወጣ (wäṭa), and Classical Syriac ܝܺܥܳܐ, Akkadian 𒉿𒍪𒌑𒌝 (waṣûm) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎕𐎀 (yṣả).
Verb
ወፅአ • (wäṣ́ʾä)
- to leave, go out, exit
- to depart, set out
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Genesis 14:17:
- ወወጽአ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ሶዶም ፡ ወተቀበሎ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ገብአ ፡ እምኀበ ፡ ቀተሎ ፡ ለከዶሎጎሞር ፡ ወለነገሥት ፡ እለ ፡ ምስሌሁ ፡ በቈላተ ፡ ሴዎ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ገዳም ፡ ዘመንግሥት ፡ ውእቱ ።
- wäwäṣʾä nəguśä sodom wätäḳäbälo ʾəmdəḫrä gäbʾä ʾəmḫäbä ḳätälo läkädologomor wälänägäśt ʾəlä məslehu bäḳʷälatä sewo wäwʾətu gädam zämängəśt wəʾtu .
- And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
- to come out, emerge
- to emigrate
- to go up, proceed from
Related terms
- ሙፃእ (muṣ́aʾ)
- ሞፃእት (moṣ́aʾt)
- አስተውፅአ (ʾästäwṣ́əʾä)
- አውፃኢ (ʾäwṣ́aʾi)
- አውፅአ (ʾäwṣ́əʾä)
- ውፁእ (wəṣ́uʾ)
- ፀአት (ṣ́äʾät)
- ፃእፃእ (ṣ́aʾṣ́aʾ)
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ወፅአ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel