ṯz

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛz/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjez

 m

1. vertebra
2. (by extension) spine

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯz  

ṯz	ṯz	ṯz	ṯz

• ṯzw bksw (“spine”)

 m

1. neck

 m

1. support

 m

1. sand dune
2. (by extension) drought

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯz  

ṯz

 m

1. sentence

• ṯz-pẖr

 2-lit. or 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to tie, to knot
2. (transitive) to weave
3. (transitive) to join or put together
   • c. 2112–2063 BCE (reign of Intef II), Funerary stele of Rediu-Khnum from his tomb at Dendera (UE 6) (Cairo CG 20543), line A13–A14:^[1][2]

     srwd.n(.j) gmt.n(.j) wzṯ(.w) ṯz.n(.j) gmt.n(.j) fdq(.w) mḥ.n(.j) gmt.n(.j) jꜣṯ(.w)

     I made firm what I found dilapidated; I joined together what I found cut apart; I replenished what I found injured.

4. (transitive) to build
5. (transitive) to organise or marshal, especially of troops
6. (transitive) to levy (troops or laborers)
7. (intransitive) to clot, to coagulate

Some authors such as Allen read this word as ṯꜣz rather than ṯz, regarding as a triliteral sign, and so consider this verb a strong triliteral:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯz  

ṯz	ṯz	ṯz	ṯz

• wḥꜥ ṯzzt (“resolve, untie”)

• Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲱⲥ (cōs)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲱⲥ (čōs)

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 307–308
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 132, 184, 292.