The Kebra Nagast, Verse 22: Tamrin the merchant
The book introduces the man who will bring the queen word of Solomon.
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በእንተ፡baʾǝntaAboutታምሪን፡TāmrinTamrinነጋዲ።nagādithe merchant.ወሀለወ፡wa-hallawaThere was፩፡ʾaḥaduaልብው፡lǝbbǝwwiseሊቀ፡liqachief ofነጋድያን፡nagādǝyānmerchantsዘስሙ፡za-sǝmuwhose name wasተምሪን፡TamrinTamrin;ወይጽዕን፡wa-yǝṣǝʿǝnand he loaded፭፻፡ḫamǝs mǝʾǝtfive hundredወ፳፡wa-ʿǝšrāand twentyአግማለ፡ʾagmālacamels,
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Verse 22, passage by passage
- 22.1 Tamrin the merchant. About Tamrin the merchant. There was a wise chief of merchants whose name was…
- 22.2 Red gold, black wood, sapphire. And they told him about this rich Ethiopian merchant; and he sent word that…
- 22.3 Tamrin goes to Solomon. And this merchant, whose name was Tamrin, the queen of Ethiopia’s merchant, went to…
- 22.4 A wise man watches the king. And he, the merchant, was very wise, and saw the wisdom of Solomon, and…
- 22.5 Like water to the thirsty. And the sweetness of his words was like water to the thirsty, and like…
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