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.