ḥm-nṯr tpj

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥm-nṯr (“servant of god, priest”) +‎ tpj (“first”), literally ‘first servant of the god’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛm nɛt͡ʃɛr tɛpi/
    • Conventional anglicization: hem-netjer tepi

Noun

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  1. high priest; the head of the priestly hierarchy of a temple during the New Kingdom.

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-nṯr tpj
singular ḥm-nṯr tpj
dual ḥmwj-nṯr tpjwj
plural ḥmw-nṯr tpjw

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58.
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