zj n sḏt
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Egyptian
Etymology
zj (“to go”) + n(j) (“of”) + sḏt (“fire”), thus perhaps literally ‘go-away of fire’. Some authors identify the first element with zbj (“to go, to lead”) rather than with zj or simply conflate the two verbs entirely.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zi ɛn sɛd͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: zi en sedjet
Noun
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- burnt offering
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:
- šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw
- I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.
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References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147
- Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 20, 21