ħaġar
Maltese
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| ħ-ġ-r |
| 5 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar, “stone”), which was reinterpreted as collective. Compare Moroccan Arabic حجر (ḥjar, “stones”), حجرة (ḥajra, “a stone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ħaġar m (collective, singulative ħaġra, plural ħġar or ħġur or eħġar, paucal ħaġriet)
- stones
- Synonym: ġebel
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Imħallfin 9:18:
- Intom illum qomtu kontra dar missieri u qtiltu lil uliedu - sebgħin wieħed fuq ħaġra waħda - u għamiltu lil Abimelek, bin il-konkubina tiegħu, fuq in-nies ta’ Sikem, għax hu ħukom.
- New International Version translation: But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.