ḫꜥj

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

Verb

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 3ae inf.

  1. (intransitive, of celestial bodies) to rise
  2. (intransitive) to appear (in glory)
  3. (intransitive) to shine forth
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 12–13:
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      k
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      sHDD&ran
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      H_SPACE
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      miiiT
      n
      ra
      mtp Z1
      dwA
      iit
      ra
      ḫꜥ ḥr nst nt (j)t.f mj rꜥ wbn.f m ꜣḫt rdj.f šsp n ḥr(j) kkw sḥḏ.n.f šw m šwtj.fj bꜥḥ.n.f tꜣwj mj jṯn m tp-dwꜣyt
      One shining forth on the throne of his father like Ra when he rises in the Akhet, he gave light to what was covered by darkness, having brightened the air with his two plumes, having flooded the Two Lands (Egypt) like the sun disk at the break of dawn.

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  • Demotic: ḫꜥ

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 33