bꜥr

See also: br

Egyptian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 m

  1. Baal, a storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons
    • c. 1289 BCE, Temple of Karnak, east wing, bottom register, relief of Seti I defeating Shasu bedouin on the road to Gaza, lines 5–7:[2]

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      sḫm jb mj bꜥrw nj wn ḥsj sw jm.f hrw ṯzw n(j) sky
      Stout-hearted like Baʿal—there is none who can turn against him (on) the day of joining combat

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜥr  
bꜥrw

References

  1. ^ Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 94
  2. ^ Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago (1986) Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, volume 4: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I, page 14 and plate 5
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