Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) balance
(Fr) balance
(De) Waage
Bibliography: CD 201ab?; KoptHWb 107?; ChLCS 29b?
Descended from Demotic mḫj(.t), Hieroglyphic Egyptian mḫꜣ.t balance; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲩϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲓⲧⲱⲱⲃⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲧⲣⲉϩⲉⲛⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ ⲉⲩⲣⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ ⲁⲓϣⲓ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲧ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁϣⲉ And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance. Jeremiah 39 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.jer.coptot:39)
  • ⲛⲉⲥⲡⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲣⲉⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲛⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ϣⲏⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁϣⲉ The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance. Sirach 21 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.sir.coptot:21)
  • ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩⲁⲕⲣⲓⲃⲓⲁ ⲙⲁϣⲉ ⲙⲛϩⲛϣⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉϫⲡⲉϩⲁϩ ϩⲓⲕⲟⲩⲓ Of exactness of balance and weights; or of getting much or little; Sirach 42 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.sir.coptot:42)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C2196 (ⲙⲁϣⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C2196 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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