ሕፄ

ሕፄ

Ge'ez

Noun

ሕፄ • (ḥəṣ́e) m or f

1. dowry, bride-price
   • Genesis 34:12

     ረስዩ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ዛተ ፡ ፍትሐ ፡ በቅድሜክሙ ፡ ወዘትቤሉ ፡ ወመጠነ ፡ አብዛኅክሙ ፡ ጥቀ ፡ ሕጼሃ ፡ እሁበክሙ ፡ ወሀቡኒያ ፡ ለዛቲ ፡ ወለት ፡ ትኩነኒ ፡ ብእሲተ ።

     räsyu litä zatä fətḥä bäḳdəmekmu wäzätbelu wämäṭänä ʾäbzaḫkəmu ṭəḳä ḥəṣeha ʾəhubäkmu wähäbuniya läzati wälät təkunäni bəʾsitä .

     Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”

   • Exodus 22:16

     ወለእመ ፡ ካልእ ፡ ምታ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢየሀብዎ ፡ የሐፂ ፡ ሕፄሃ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ ለአቡሃ ፡ ሕፄ ፡ የሐፅይዎ ፡ ለድንግል ።

     wäläʾmä kalʾ məta kämä ʾiyähäbwo yäḥäṣ́i ḥəṣ́eha yəhub läʾäbuha ḥəṣ́e yäḥäṣ́yəwo lädnəgl .

     If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.

Usage notes

This term refers either to: payment by a husband to his bride; payment by a father to his daughter who is being married, or a payment by a man to buy a bride.

Related terms

• ሐፀየ (ḥäṣ́äyä)
• ተሐፅየ (täḥäṣ́yä)
• ሕፅየት (ḥəṣ́yät)
• ሕፅይት (ḥəṣ́yət)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ሕፄ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 140