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Egyptian
Etymology
mꜣꜥ (“(to be) true, just”) + ḫrw (“voice”), thus literally ‘(to be) true of voice’.
Pronunciation
Verb
compound
- to be among the dead who have been judged righteous
- to be justified, to be right
Usage notes
Conventionally, the uses of this term are translated with forms of the word ‘justified’: ‘to be justified’, ‘justified’, ‘justification’, etc., or by the phrase "true of voice".
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥ-ḫrw
Derived terms
Adjective
- said after mentioning the name of a dead person
Inflection
1 Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
2 From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural.
In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.
See under the verb above.
Noun
m
- rightness, justification
See under the verb above.
References
- James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 97, 213.
