Each Ge'ez (first form) syllable also has a Biblical definition. As with numerology practices keywords from the Bible can be shown to have a special meaning as a paragraph is built up from the phrases each letter represents in a word.
A table is provided below, unfortunately the authoritativeness of the source is unknown. Note that ሰ, ወ and ፀ are absent from the table.
ሀ | Ge'ez | ለብስ ሥጋ እምድንግል። |
Amharic | ክርስቶስ ከድንግል ሥጋን ለበሰ። | |
English | Christ from the Virgin Mary wore flesh. | |
ለ | Ge'ez | ሀልዮት ለአብ እምቅድመ ዓለም። |
Amharic | የአብ አኗኗሩ ከዓለም በፊት ነው። | |
English | God existed before the world. | |
ሐ | Ge'ez | ሐመ ወሞት። |
Amharic | ታመመና ሞት። | |
English | Became sick and died. | |
መ | Ge'ez | መንክር ግብሩ ለእግዚአብሄር። |
Amharic | የእግዚአብሄር ሥራው ድንቅ ነው። | |
English | God's work is amazing. | |
ሠ | Ge'ez | ሥረቀ በሥጋ። |
Amharic | በሥጋ ተገለጠ። | |
English | He appeared in the flesh. | |
ረ | Ge'ez | ረገዓት ምድር በቃሉ። |
Amharic | ምድር በቃሉ ረጋች። | |
English | The Earth became stable by his hand. | |
ቀ | Ge'ez | ቀዳሚሁ ቃል። |
Amharic | ቃል መጀመሪያ ነበር። | |
English | In the beginning was a word. | |
በ | Ge'ez | በትህትናሁ ወረደ። |
Amharic | ጌታችን በትህትናው ወደኛ ወረደ። | |
English | Because Our Lord is generous he came to us. | |
ተ | Ge'ez | ተሰብአ ወተሰገው። |
Amharic | ጌታችን ሰው ሆነ። | |
English | Our Lord became human. | |
ኀ | Ge'ez | ኀያል እግዚአብሄር። |
Amharic | እግዚአብሄር ኀያል ነው። | |
English | God is almighty. | |
ነ | Ge'ez | ነሥአ ደዌነ ወጾረ ሕማመነ። |
Amharic | ጌታችን ደዌያችንን ወሰደ። | |
English | Our Lord took our sickness away. | |
አ | Ge'ez | አአኩቶ ወእሴብሆ ለእግዚአብሄር። |
Amharic | ጌታችንን ፈጽሜ አመስግናዋለሁ። | |
English | I thank Our Lord from my heart. | |
ከ | Ge'ez | ወረደ እምሰማይ። |
Amharic | ጌታ ከሰማይ ወረደ። | |
English | Our Lord came from the sky. | |
ዐ | Ge'ez | ዓርግ እምስማይ። |
Amharic | ወደ ሰማይ አረገ። | |
English | Our Lord returned to the sky. | |
ዘ | Ge'ez | ዘኩሎ አኃዝ እግዚአብሄር። |
Amharic | ጌታ ሁሉን የሚይዝ። | |
English | The Lord can hold everything. | |
የ | Ge'ez | የማን እግዚአብሄር ገብረት ኃይል። |
Amharic | የጌታ ቀኝ እጅ ኃይልን አድረገች። | |
English | The Lord's right hand did a powerful thing. | |
ደ | Ge'ez | ደመረ ሥጋነ ምስለ መልኮቱ። |
Amharic | ጌታ ሥጋችንን ከመለኮቱ ጋር አንድ አደረገ። | |
English | The Lord mixed his omnipotence with our flesh. | |
ገ | Ge'ez | ገብረ ሰማያተ በጥበቡ። |
Amharic | ጌታ በጥበቡ ሰማያትን ሠራ። | |
English | The Lord created the sky with his wisdom. | |
ጠ | Ge'ez | ጠዐሙ ወታአእምሩ ከመኄር እግዚአብሄር። |
Amharic | ጌታ ቸር እንደሆነ ቅመሱና እውቁ። | |
English | Try Our Lord then you will know his generosity. | |
ጰ | Ge'ez | ጰራቅሊጦስ መንፈስ ጽድቅ። |
Amharic | ጰራቅሊጦስ እውነተኛ መፈስ ቅዱስ ነው። | |
English | Peraklitos is the true Holy Spirit. | |
ጸ | Ge'ez | ጸጋ ወክብር ተወህበ ለነ። |
Amharic | ጸጋና ክብር ተሰጠን። | |
English | We are given glory and respect. | |
ፈ | Ge'ez | ፈጠረ ሰማየ ወምድሪ። |
Amharic | ጌታ ስማይና ምድርን ፈጠረ። | |
English | The Lord creates the sky and the Earth. | |
ፐ | Ge'ez | ፖፖኤል ስሙ ለአምላክ። |
Amharic | ፖፖኤል ማለት የአምላክ ስም ነው። | |
English | Popoiel is God's name. | |
ምንጭ፦ ቅምሻ መጽሄት ቅ. 1 ቁ. 1 ጥቅምት 1985 (ገጽ 39) |
Thanks to Berhanu Beyene for contributing this page.