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2 3 �A�� I�� E�� 4 5 We present our many thanks to Our God-Father and to Our King of Kings, to His Imperial Majesty, HAILE SELLASSIE I’s Kingdome in the Glorious name of Iyesus Kristos, Our Saviour – Our Lord of Lords. AMEN AND AMEN. 6 7 THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY (BSHIM) PUBLISHED BY: H.H. RAS IADONIS TAFARI, & H.H. WOIZERO TEHETENA GIRMA-ASFAW OF THE LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY (LOJS) IMPERIAL PUBLISHERS TO THE H.I.M. UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES & CHRISTIAN [TEWAHEDO] CHURCHES �1991-2011 BSHIM-LOJ 8 ©2011 by LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY PUBLISHERS & PRINTING PRESS All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without written permission of the publishers’. Churches and other noncommercial interests may reproduce portions of this book without the express written permission of the LOJS PRINTING PRESS, provided that the text does not exceed 500 words and that the text is not material quoted from another publisher. When reproducing text from this book, include the following credit line: “From the Amharic Book of Ruth, A translation & interpretation by Ras Iadonis Tafari, published by the Lion of Judah Society. Used by permission.” All English-language scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the King James Version of the 1611 A.D. Holy Bible [KJV]. All Amharic-language scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken the Emperor’s Bible, the 1961/2 A.D. Authorized H.I.M. HAILE SELLASSIE I Revised Amharic Bible [RAB]. Published by the Lion of Judah Society, www.lojsociety.org Our mission is to bring good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth. – Isaiah 52:7 Printed in the United States of America. 9 10 11 A DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT & BEAUTIFUL BIBLICAL NAMES IN THE Royal AMHARIC WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS & NOTES *Including Many Rare & Meaningful Names not Found in Other Amharic Name Books Compiled by: Tehetena Girma-Asfaw Co-Edited by: Ras Iadonis Tafari Presented by THE LION OF JUDAH SOCIETY 12 Are You Still Searching For Your New & True Amharic Name? Find out more online: How do I go about legally changing my old name? Visit us online: www.LOJSociety.Org/lojfiling 13 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Ras Iadonis Tafari` page 15 What’s In A Name? page 17 Introduction to the 1st Edition page 19 Comparison Quotation: Proverbs 22:1 [KJV & HIS] page 23 Biblical Names in Amharic – A page 25 Biblical Names in Amharic – B page 51 Biblical Names in Amharic – C page 60 Biblical Names in Amharic – D page 66 Biblical Names in Amharic – E page 72 Biblical Names in Amharic – F page 90 Biblical Names in Amharic – G page 91 Biblical Names in Amharic – H page 96 Biblical Names in Amharic – I page 111 Biblical Names in Amharic – J page 121 Biblical Names in Amharic – K page 160 Biblical Names in Amharic – L page 167 Biblical Names in Amharic – M page 174 Biblical Names in Amharic – N page 192 Biblical Names in Amharic – O page 202 Biblical Names in Amharic – P page 206 Biblical Names in Amharic – Q page 214 Biblical Names in Amharic – R page 214 Biblical Names in Amharic – S page 222 Biblical Names in Amharic – T page 252 Biblical Names in Amharic – U page 261 Biblical Names in Amharic – V page 263 Biblical Names in Amharic – W, x page 264 Biblical Names in Amharic – Y page 264 Biblical Names in Amharic – Z page 264 14 15 FOREWORD In writing this briefly composed, yet heartfelt foreword on behalf my lovely sister-wife, my co-labourer in ministry and the compiler of the present volume, entitled Biblical Names in Amharic, Wzo. Tehetena Girma-Asfaw’s very first published work, I am quite pleased and honoured to also mention the great service, and no doubt benefit, that this Amharic Book of Biblical Names will be to all Ethiopians at home and abroad; with a special due emphasis to all those sincere Rastafarians, Ethiopians at home and abroad, including the Black Jews, or Hebrews of the diaspora in the Western hemisphere who have long requested such a well-researched, documented and edited preliminary volume for quite some time. An overview is here in order: namely, that this present edition was in a pre-production status for several years now, while a diligent in-gathering of many factual pieces of available information was compiled and subsequent comparisons made alongside the H.I.M. Amharic Bible has eventually been achieved as a basic prerequisite for the inclusion of each and every name included in this book. Thus, the names, definitions and related data herein has gone through several necessary updates and a few revisions over the years in order to be as thorough, complete and useful as possible: including detailed explanations, transliterations for pronunciation and a variety of biblical references for a better contextual clarity of the persons who have given, in part or whole, a character to a particular name. Although somewhat exhaustive, it is easy-to-read and a prerequisite study for the newcomer as well as the more advanced student of the bible. The dictionary-like entries are also highly accurate, verifiable and reliable due to the fact that it is based upon the general etymological evidences available from a combination of sources, namely – the biblical Hebrew, New Testament Greek and