ḫpš
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Egyptian
| Manuel de Codage | xpS |
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| Gardiner 1927 | ḫpš |
| Erman & Grapow 1926 | ḫpš |
| Lepsius 1874 (obsolete) | χepeš |
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpəʃ/ → /ˈχoːpəʃ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpɛʃ/, /xopɛʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: khepesh, khopesh
Noun
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m
- foreleg of an animal
- strong arm (of a human)
- (figuratively) strength
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:
- (j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k
- Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your) strength in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.
Inflection
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpš
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| ḫpš |
Descendants
Proper noun
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m
- (astronomy) the Big Dipper (literally “the Foreleg”)
- Synonym: msḫtjw
Noun
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m
Inflection
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335.