ሰቀለ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Compare Hebrew שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), Arabic ثَقَلَ (ṯaqala, “to weigh”) and شَقَلَ (šaqala, “to weigh a coin; to lift up, pull up, hoist”).

Verb

ሰቀለ • (säḳälä)

1. to hang
2. kill by hanging, crucify
   • Deuteronomy

     ወለእመቦ ፡ ዘአበሰ ፡ ወበጽሖ ፡ ጌጋዩ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትኰነን ፡ ሞተ ፡ ትስቅልዎ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ዕፅ ፡ ወቅትልዎ ።

     wäläʾmäbo zäʾäbäsä wäbäṣḥo gegayu kämä yətkʷänän motä təsḳəlwo dibä ʿəṣ́ wäḳtəlwo .

     If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole,

Related terms

• ተሰቅለ (täsäḳlä)
• ስቁል (səḳul)
• ስቅለት (səḳlät)
• ሰቃሊ (säḳali)
• ሰቀላ (säḳäla)
• መስቀል (mäsḳäl)
• መስቀላዊ (mäsḳälawi)

Further reading

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሰቀለ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 350