ጸወን
Ge'ez
Noun
ጸወን • (ṣäwän) m (plural አጽዋን (ʾäṣwan) or ጸወናት (ṣäwänat) or አጽዋናት (ʾäṣwanat))
- fortress, citadel, stronghold
- Judges 9:46
- ወሰምዑ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ሰብአ ፡ ማኅፈደ ፡ ሲቂሞን ፡ ወቦኡ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጸወነ ፡ ቤተ ፡ በዓል ።
- wäsämʿu kʷəlomu säbʾä maḫfädä siḳimon wäboʾu wəstä ṣäwänä betä bäʿal .
- On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
- Judges 9:46
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ጸወን”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 1300-1301