ሢመት

Ge'ez

Noun

ሢመት • (śimät) m or f (plural ሢመታት (śimätat))

1. location, position, (place where something is put)
   • Genesis 40:13

     ወእስከ ፡ ሠላስ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ይዜከረከ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ሢመተከ ፡ ወያገብአከ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሊቀ ፡ ቀዳሕያን ፡ ወትሜጥዎ ፡ ጽዋዐ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ በእዴከ ፡ ከመ ፡ ቀዲሙ ፡ ሢመትከ ፡ አመ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቀዳሕያን ፡ አንተ ።

     wäʾsəkä śälas mäwaʿl yəzekäräkä färʿon śimätäkä wäyagäbʾäkä wəstä liḳä ḳädaḥyan wätmeṭwo ṣəwaʿä läfärʿon bäʾdekä kämä ḳädimu śimätkä ʾämä wəstä ḳädaḥyan ʾäntä .

     Now within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your place, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand according to the former manner, when you were his butler.

2. office, function, position (as a clerical, ecclesiastical or civil office)

Related terms

• መሥየም (mäśyäm)
• ምሥያም (məśyam)
• ተሠይመተ (täśäymätä)
• ተሠይመ (täśäymä)
• ሤመ (śemä)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሢመት”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 262-263