ደብር

ደብር • (däbr) m

1. church

• ቤተ ክርስቲያን (betä kərsətiyan)

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ደብር • (däbr) m (plural አድባራት (ʾädbarat) or አድባር (ʾädbar))

1. mountain
   • Genesis 22:14

     ወሰመዮ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ለውእቱ ፡ መካን ፡ ርእየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ ይበሉ ፡ ዮም ፡ ውስተ ፡ ደብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ርእየ ።

     wäsämäyo ʾäbrəham läwʾətu mäkan rəʾyä ʾəgziʾäbḥer kämä yəbälu yom wəstä däbrä ʾəgziʾäbḥer rəʾyä .

     So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

2. mountain range, hills
3. city, metropolis
4. boundary, border
   • Exodus 13:7

     ናእተ ፡ ትበልዑ ፡ ሰቡዐ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ወኢያስተርኢክሙ ፡ ብሑእ ፡ ወኢየሀሉ ፡ ብሕእት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ አድባሪክሙ ።

     naʾtä təbälʿu säbuʿä ʿəlätä wäʾiyastärʾikmu bəḥuʾ wäʾiyähälu bəḥʾət wəstä kʷəlu ʾädbarikmu .

     Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.

5. diocese
6. monastery, convent
7. church

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