rḥwj

Egyptian

Etymology

The dual form of the defective noun rḥw (“companions, comrades”), thus literally ‘The Two Companions’, restricted in historical times to particular uses.

Pronunciation

Noun

 m du

  1. an epithet of the pair of gods Horus and Set, rarely also used of other pairs of gods [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of rḥwj (masculine)
singular —
dual rḥwj
plural rḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḥwj  


rḥwj rḥwj
[New Kingdom] [Greco-Roman Period]

References

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