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Egyptian
Etymology
wḏꜣ (“to be(come) sound or hale”) + jb (“heart, mind”).
Pronunciation
Verb
compound
- (literally) to have one’s heart/mind be in a good mental and physical state
- to be(come) satisfied or glad
- to satisfy or content oneself with a piece of information; used formulaically to introduce messages and news
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 1–3:
- wḏꜣ jb.k ḥꜣt(j)-ꜥ m.k pḥ.n.n ẖnw
- Satisfy yourself (literally, “May your heart be sound”), high official: look, we have reached home.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣ jb
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 400.9–400.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 74