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Egyptian
Etymology
j.ḫm (“not knowing”, imperfective active participle of ḫm) + wrḏ (“to be(come) weary”), thus literally ‘(one) not knowing wearying’, because noncircumpolar stars circle in long paths without end.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- noncircumpolar star; a star that rises and sets over the course of a day
- Antonym: j.ḫm-sk
c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE,
Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 5–6:
- nb hnw m pt rswt dwꜣw m pt mḥtt j.ḫmw-sk ẖr st ḥr.f swt.f pw j.ḫmw-wrḏ
- Possessor of acclaim in the southern sky, worshipped in the northern sky, the circumpolar stars are under his care, and the unwearying stars are his residences.
Inflection
Declension of j.ḫm-wrḏ (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j.ḫm-wrḏ
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