ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ

From ḫꜥ (“to appear”) +‎ .f (“he”) +‎ rꜥ (“sun, Ra”), thus meaning ‘he appears as Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑːʔɛf rɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: kha.ef-ra

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1. a throne name notably borne by Khafre or Khafra, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty

• → Arabic: خَفْرَع (ḵafraʕ)
• → English: Khafre, Khafra
• → Ancient Greek: Χεφρήν (Khephrḗn), Κεφρήν (Kephrḗn), Κερφέρης (Kerphérēs), Χαβρύης (Khabrúēs)^[1]
  • → English: Chephren

With apparent influence from the form of his predecessor’s name, ḫw.f-wj:

• → Ancient Greek: Σοῦφις (Soûphis), Σαῶφις (Saôphis)^[1]

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 36
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 53, 179