ዳቤር

Ge'ez

Alternative forms

ዳቢር (dabir)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαβίρ (dabír), a transliteration of Biblical Hebrew דבִיר (dəβīr) or Biblical Hebrew דבִר (dəβir, “utility room in a temple”)

Noun

ዳቤር • (daber)

1. shrine
2. sanctuary
3. innermost room
   • 3 Reigns 6:16-18, Ethiopic text from Ran HaCohen, 'Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica'

     ወሐነጸ ፡ ፳በእመት ፡ እምነ ፡ ጽንፈ ፡ አረፍት ፡ ዘገቦሁ ፡ ዘ፩እምነ ፡ ምድሩ ፡ እስከ ፡ ሠራዊቱ ፡ ወገብረ ፡ እምነ ፡ ዳቤር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቅድስተ ፡ ቅዱሳን ። 17 ወ፵በእመት ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ጽርሑ 18 እምቅድመ ፡ ዳቢር ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ እንተ ፡ ውስጥ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይንበር ፡ ህየ ፡ ታቦተ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ።

     wäḥänäṣä 20bäʾmät ʾəmnä ṣənfä ʾäräft zägäbohu zä1ʾmənä mədru ʾəskä śärawitu wägäbrä ʾəmnä daber wəstä ḳədsətä ḳədusan . 17 wä40bäʾmät wəʾtu ṣərḥu 18 ʾəmḳədmä dabir maʾkälä betu ʾəntä wəsṭ kämä yənbär həyä tabotä ḥəgu läʾgəziʾäbḥer .

     (v.16) Then he constructed twenty cubits out from the edge of its lateral wall which is one from its base to its rafters, and he made out of the inner room the Holy of Holies, (v.17) and forty cubits was its room (v.18) from in front of the inner room in the middle of its inner house, in order to place there the ark of the Lord's covenant.

     3 Reigns 7:33, Ethiopic text corrected from Ran HaCohen, [1]

     ወአብአ ፡ ሰሎሞን ፡ ንዋየ ፡ ዘአግበረ ፡ ለቤተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ምሥዋዐ ፡ ዘወርቅ ፡ ወማእደ ፡ እንተ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ እንተ ፡ ዲቤሃ ፡ ይሠርዑ ፡ ኅብስተ ፡ ቍርባን ፤ ወመናራታተ ፡ ፭እምየማኑ ፡ ወ፭እምፀጋሙ ፡ [ቅድመ ፡] ዳቤር ፡ እለ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ እኁዛተ ፡ ወርኩባተ ፡ ተቅዋማቲሆን ፡ ወመኃትዊሆን ፡ ወበዘያሤንይዎን ፡ ዘወርቅ ።

     wäʾäbʾä sälomon nəwayä zäʾägbärä läbetä ʾəgziʾäbḥer məśwaʿä zäwärḳ wämaʾdä ʾəntä wärḳ ʾəntä dibeha yəśärʿu ḫəbsətä ḳʷərban ; wämänaratatä 5ʾməyämanu wä5ʾməṣ́ägamu [ḳədmä ] daber ʾəlä wärḳ ʾəḫuzatä wärkubatä täḳwamatihon wämäḫatwihon wäbäzäyaśenyəwon zäwärḳ .

     Then Solomon brought in the implements which he had had made for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, the golden table, upon which was arranged the bread of the offering, and the candlesticks, five on the right and five on the left in front of the inner room, joined and fastened of gold, their bases and their stems and whatever adorns them of gold.

4. ecclesiastical council

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ዳቤር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ዳቤር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121b