ꜥnḫ

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːnx/
  • Conventional anglicization: ankh

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to live, to be(come) alive
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 113–114:

     m.k nṯr rḏj.n.f ꜥnḫ.k jn.f tw r jw pn n(j) kꜣ

     Look, the god, he has let you live, as he has brought you to this island of the ka.

   1. (+ m) to subsist or live on (something)
   2. (+ m) to dwell in (some place)
   3. (+ ḥr) to occupy (a throne) or dwell in (a foreign land)
2. (intransitive, of the dead) to come to life or live again after death in an afterlife
3. (intransitive, figuratively) to ‘come to life’ (wake up or regain liveliness) upon the rising of the sun or upon seeing the sun
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to ‘come to life’ whenever one’s name is pronounced
5. (intransitive, of a name) to still be remembered
6. (intransitive, especially of body parts) to be vigorous or full of vitality
7. (intransitive, medicine, of food) to be fresh
8. (intransitive, as a non-attributive relative/emphatic form) used in introductory formulae for oaths, usually with a king or god as subject: As long as … lives, …
9. used at the beginning of inscriptions before the names of kings and gods: originally ‘May … live’, later meaningless

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ
	when used at the start of inscriptions/before divine/royal names

• Demotic: ꜥnḫ
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲱⲛⳉ (ōnx)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲱⲛϧ (ōnx)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲱⲛϩ (ōnh)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲱⲛϩ (ōnh)
  • Coptic Dialect P: ⲱⲳϧ (ōnx)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲱⲛϩ (ōnh)

 m

1. life (the state of being alive)

 m

1. someone who lives, a living person or dweller
   • c. 13th Dynasty, Naos of Hori, Kunsthistorisches Museum 186, Vienna:

     j ꜥnḫw tp(j)w tꜣ ẖrw-ḥbt nb wꜥbw nb

     O living ones upon the earth, all lector-priests, all temple-cleaners

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ

 m

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. It is a piece of equipment illustrated among coffin offerings, at the foot end of the mummy, and depicted in the hieroglyph used to write its name. Possibilities include:
   1. A sandal strap
   2. An elaborate amuletic bow or knot
   3. A sort of tied belt
2. ankh (symbol of life)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ

• → English: ankh

 m

1. (usually with pꜣ in Late Egyptian) oath, vow

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⳉ (anax)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁϣ (anaš)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁϣ (anaš)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲉϣ (aneš), ⲁⲛⲏϣ (anēš)

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to swear (an oath); (with m) to swear by (someone)

 m

1. prisoner of war

 m

1. bouquet or garland of flowers, typically as an offering

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ

 m

1. a kind of beetle
2. an epithet of the sun

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ

 m

1. an epithet of the inundation

 m

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. alabaster
   2. something made from alabaster

 m

1. mirror
   • c. 1295 BCE – 1186 BCE, The Admonitions of Ipuwer (pLeiden I 344 Recto) line 8.5:^[2]

     
     

     m.tn jwtt {m} pdsw.s m nbt ꜣtp gmḥt ḥr.s m mw m nbt ꜥnḫ

     Look, she who had no box is the owner of a chest; she who observed her face in the water is the owner of a mirror.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ	ꜥnḫ

 m

1. a vessel in the form of an ankh, from which the gods pour life

 m

1. a door leaf

 m

1. a kind of document

 m

1. sustenance, livelihood

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnḫ  

ꜥnḫ

 m

1. billy-goat^?

• 𓋹

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