ሕግ

• ህግ (həgg)

From Proto-Semitic . Cognates include Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg) and Arabic حَقّ (ḥaqq).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɨɡː/
• Hyphenation: ሕግ

ሕግ • (ḥəgg) m (plural ሕገጋት (ḥəggägat) or ሕግጋት (ḥəggəgat) or ሕግጋቶች (ḥəggəgatočč))

1. law
2. rule
3. virginity

• → Sidamo: higge

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ሕግ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN

ሕግ • (ḥəg) m or f (plural ሕገግ (ḥəgäg) or ሕገጋት (ḥəgägat))

1. law
2. any divine command or mandate
   • Numbers 9:23

     እስመ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይግዕዙ ፡ ወሕገጊሁ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ የዐቅቡ ፡ በትእዛዘ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ወበእዴሁ ፡ ለሙሴ ።

     ʾəsmä bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer yəgʿəzu wäḥgägihu läʾgəziʾäbḥer yäʿäḳbu bätʾəzazä ʾəgziʾäbḥer wäbäʾdehu lämuse .

     At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

3. covenant
   • Genesis 17:7

     ወእሠይም ፡ ኪዳንየ ፡ ማእከሌየ ፡ ወማእከሌከ ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ዘርእከ ፡ እምድኅሬከ ፡ በመዋዕሊሆሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይኩንከ ፡ ሕገ ፡ ዘለዓለም ፡ ከመ ፡ አነ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ አምላክ ።

     wäʾśäym kidanyä maʾkäleyä wämaʾkälekä wämaʾkälä zärʾəkä ʾəmdəḫrekä bämäwaʿlihomu kämä yəkunkä ḥəgä zäläʿaläm kämä ʾänä wəʾtu ʾämlak .

     I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ሕግ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 131-132