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Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from Demotic wꜣḥ-jb-rꜥ, composed of wꜣḥ (“to endure”) + jb (“heart”) + rꜥ (“Ra”), thus meaning ‘The heart of Ra endures’. Compare Ancient Greek Ἁπρίης (Hapríēs), Οὔαφρις (Oúaphris), Ουἀφρη (Ouaphrē), Imperial Aramaic 𐡅𐡇𐡐𐡓𐡏 (wḥprʿ), and Phoenician 𐤅𐤇𐤐𐤓𐤏 (wḥprʿ) from the same source.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
חָפְרַע • (ḥop̄raʿ) m
- the pharaoh Apries