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Usage

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from a version of the Bible in Ge'ez published by August Dillmann (the Octateuch). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work.

Parameters

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The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1= or |book=mandatory: the book of the Octateuch quoted.
  • |2= or |chapter=mandatory: the chapter number of the Bible quoted.
  • |3= or |verse=mandatory the verse number(s) of the Bible quoted. When quoting a range of verses, separate the first and last verse numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |verse=1–10.

Examples

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  • Wikitext:

#*{{RQ:Aethiopica|Genesis|1|1}}
#*:{{ux|gez|በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።|tr=bäḳädami-gäbrä-'''ʾəgziʾäbḥer'''-sämayä-wämdrä.|translation=In the beginning '''God''' created the heavens and the earth.}}

  • Result:
    • 1853-1855, August Dillmann, editor, Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici[1], Leipzig, Genesis 1:1:
      በቀዳሚ፡ገብረ፡እግዚአብሔር፡ሰማየ፡ወምድረ።
      bäḳädami-gäbrä-ʾəgziʾäbḥer-sämayä-wämdrä.
      In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.