Egyptian
Etymology
jmꜣḫw (“revered one”) + ḫr (“in the presence of, before”) + nṯr-ꜥꜣ (“Elder God”, epithet of Osiris), thus literally ‘one revered before the Elder God’.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈmaʀχaw χuɾ ˌnacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /jaˈmaʀχaw χuʔ ˌnataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /ʔaˈmaːχə χuʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/ → /ʔaˈmoːχ χøʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imɑxuː xɛr nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: imakhu-kher-netjer-aa
Noun
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- epithet attached to the dead who have been judged righteous
Inflection
Declension of jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ (masculine)
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jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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| dual
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jmꜣḫwwj-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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| plural
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jmꜣḫww-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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| jmꜣḫ-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
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References
- Jones, Dilwyn (2000) An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series; 866 (I-II)), volume I-II, Oxford: Archaeopress, →ISBN, § 142, page 30
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 82.6