Ethiopic explanation of Hebrew names occurring in the Books of Kings

· Anonymous (Ethiopic onomastic glossary) · date uncertain · other · LIT5810ExplanationHebrewNames

Ethiopic · domain: bible · researched 2026-11-13

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

Beta maṣāḥǝft LIT5810ExplanationHebrewNames records 'explanations of some Hebrew names occurring in the Books of Kings', attested in two manuscripts, Paris BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 35 and BnF Éthiopien 5, with only 54 Ge'ez characters transcribed; the bibliography div contains no edition and no translation (https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT5810ExplanationHebrewNames). HOLLIS Primo 'Ethiopic Hebrew names onomasticon' returns 0 records (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Ethiopic%20Hebrew%20names%20onomasticon&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0

A short paratext of the historical books, comparable to the Greek and Latin onomastica that have their own critical literature. Two witnesses only, both in Paris. Its interest is that it shows the Ethiopic Bible circulated with its own name-explanatory apparatus, which no English reader can consult.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: restricted scan — 2 candidate(s). The work is a short paratext, so the realistic target is a page range inside a biblical codex. Both Paris witnesses are digitised (Gallica) but blocked from this host; nothing is OCR'd, and Ge'ez manuscript OCR would have to be done locally. Baseline-quoted version (BNFabb35, 75 KB TEI) plus 54 transcribed Ge'ez characters in https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetaMasaheft/Works/master/5001-6000/LIT5810ExplanationHebrewNames.xml.

Scan / witness	Format	Pages	Rights	OCR	Evidence
ብሉያት (Bluyat), Livres de l'Ancien Testament — BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 35 bnf · BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 35 / Gallica ark:/12148/btv1b52506059h	iiif	—	restricted	none	Shelfmark->ark from the Beta maṣāḥǝft record idno facs attribute: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetaMasaheft/Manuscripts/master/ParisBNF/abb/BNFabb35.xml (idno facs=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52506059h).…
BnF Éthiopien 5 — biblical codex with the onomastic appendix bnf · BnF Éthiopien 5 (Éth. 94) / Gallica ark:/12148/btv1b52507229c	iiif	—	restricted	none	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetaMasaheft/Manuscripts/master/ParisBNF/et/BNFet5.xml carries idno facs=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52507229c. The work TEI asserts the attestation (passive=BNFet5), but no…

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: Ethiopic explanation of Hebrew names occurring — 1 record(s); match basis author_title_unquoted.

Record	Citation
What sounding alike sounded like : understanding sound similarity as seen through close consonance in biblical Hebrew poetics King, Caleb Kimball, Jr. (AB, Harvard College, 2023) · 2023 · eng	King, Caleb Kimball, Jr. (AB, Harvard College, 2023). "What sounding alike sounded like : understanding sound similarity as seen through close consonance in biblical Hebrew poetics." Thesis (AB, Honors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)--Harvard University, 2023. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto…

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “Ethiopic explanation of Hebrew names occurring in the Books of Kings” (ethiopic gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-hebrew-names