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Egyptian
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew בְּקֶרֶב (bəqereḇ, “amidst”). By surface analysis, m (“in”) + qꜣb (“intestines, middle”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
- amidst
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 135–136:
- pḥ.k ẖnw wn.k jm.f m qꜣb n(j) snw.k
- You will reach home and be there in the midst of your siblings.
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 96
