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4-5cent.Ethiopic Bible

 

Fragments of the Book of Genesis of the Ethiopic Bible (4-5 cent.). The Ethiopic text contains mentioned to ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF) of an animal and a human. See our commentary at the link: 4-5cent.Ethiopic Bible [Rus]. 

Quote

[Gez]

Hልደት 32:26,33

(original source: 1853DillmannA, pp. 59, 60)

Transliteration

Genesis 32:26 wesobe : rIye : keme : iyklo : e`hezo : `srwe : Hrum : Inze : ytgadelo : mslEhu ::

Genesis 32:33 webeIntez : iybel`u : deqiqe : IsraEl : wIte : `srwe : zees`ozezo : zehelo : wste : `awe : Igru : Iske : zati : `Ilet : Isme : e`hezo : `srwe : Hrum : leya`Iqob : (wItu : `srw : Hrum ::)

(original source: 2014Ethiopic Geez)


Translation

Genesis 32:26,33

Translation of the text is currently unavailable for our project. Translation of individual words and phrases found:

[Lat]

«ሥርወ» = nervus, musculus», νεῦρον. (original source: 1865DillmannA, p. 241)

«ሕሩም» = interdictus, illicitus. (original source: 1865DillmannA, p. 87)

«ሥርወ : ሕሩም» = nervus interdictus. (original source: 1853DillmannA, p. 48) 

[Eng]

«ሥርወ : ሕሩም» = (sinew of the forbidden) sinew forbidden.  (original source: 1907DillmannA, p. 462) 





External links

Dillmann A. Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica, in quinque tomos distribute, ad librorum manuscriptorum fidemedidit et apparatu critico: Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici. Tomus primus sive Octateuchus aethiopicus. Lipsiae: G.Vogelli, MDCCCLIII [1853].  [books.google]

Dillmann A. Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino. Lipeiae: O.T. Weigel, MDCCCLXV [1865]. [books.google]

Dillmann A. Ethiopic Grammar; 2nd ed. London: Williams & Norgate, 1907. [archive.org]

Ethiopic Geez English Bilingual Old Testament Bible – Octateuch. 2014. [archive.org]

Authors & Affiliations

The Ethiopic Bible appeared in the 4th-5th century, possibly in Alexandria (see commentary 4-5cent.Ethiopic Bible [Rus]).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, Bible, Ethiopic, synonym, animal, symptom, damage, injury 

                                                                     

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