ḫprj
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Egyptian
Etymology
A nominalized use of the
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imperfective active participle of ḫpr (“to come into being”), thus literally ‘the one coming into being’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpri/
- Conventional anglicization: khepri
Proper noun
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- Khepri, the god personifying the morning sun
- c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:
- ṯwt nṯr pw ḏꜣ wnwwt ḥtp.k wjꜣ ḫpr(j)
- You are this god who sails across the hours as you rest in the barque of Khepri.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫprj
Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.