አስተስርዮ
Ge'ez
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ሰረየ (säräyä, “pardon, absolve, expiate, accede”), cognate to Aramaic שרי.
Noun
[edit]አስተስርዮ • (ʾästäsrəyo)
- atonement
- (Beta Israel) Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
- 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Leviticus 23:27:
- ወአመ፡ዐሡሩ፡ለሳብዕ፡ወርኅ፡ዕለተ፡አስተስርዮ፡ይእቲ፡ወቅድስተ፡ትሰመይ፡ለክሙ፡ወአኅምምዋ፡ለነፍስክሙ፡ወአብኡ፡መሥዋዕተ፡ለእግዚአብሔር።
- Wä-ʾämä ʽäśuru lä-sabʽə wärḫ ʽəlätä ʾästäsrəyo yəʾəti wä-ḳədəstä təsämäy läkəmu wä-ʾäḫməmwa lä-näfsəkəmu wä-ʾäbəʾu mäśwaʽətä lä-ʾəgəziʾäbḥer.
- And also the tenth of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement; and it shall be sanctified greatly for you, and you will humble your souls and present a whole offering to the LORD.
References
[edit]- Dillmann, August (1865) “አስተስርዮ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN