ሕፍን

ሕፍን

Ge'ez

Etymology

Compare Amharic እፍኝ (ʾəfñ).

Noun

ሕፍን • (ḥəfn)

1. handful
   • Leviticus 5:12

     ወያመጽእ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ካህን ፡ ወይዘግን ፡ እምኔሁ ፡ ካህን ፡ ምልአ ፡ ሕፍኑ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ተዝካሩ ፡ ወይወድዮ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምሥዋዕ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ቍርባኑ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ እስመ ፡ ዘኀጢአት ፡ ውእቱ ።

     wäyamäṣʾ ḫäbä kahn wäyzägn ʾəmnehu kahn məlʾä ḥəfnu bäʾnətä täzkaru wäywädyo wəstä məśwaʿ laʿlä ḳʷərbanu läʾgəziʾäbḥer ʾəsmä zäḫäṭiʾät wəʾtu .

     Then he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. It is a sin offering.

References

• Dillmann, August (1865), “ሕፍን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 141