ḫfꜣj
Egyptian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛfɑi/
- Conventional anglicization: khefai
Verb edit
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4ae inf.
- (transitive) to illuminate (something), to brighten, to fill with light
- c. 1290–1279 BCE (reign of Seti I), Temple of Karnak, Great Hypostyle Hall, B 327: east wall, north wing, fourth register, seventh scene from the north (KIU 889), lines 1–3:
- ḫfꜣ.t(w) pr pn jn jmn nb-nswt-tꜣwy wp.f rnpt nfrt ḥnꜥ rꜥ swḫꜣ.f ḥnꜥ ḏḥwtj tkꜣ(w) m ḥḏt ḥbsw m rḫt
- May this house be illuminated by Amun, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands when he [op]ens a good year together with Re, when he passes the night together with Thoth and a taper consisting of white (fat) and cleaned cloth. (translation by Brand et al.)
- c. 51–30 BCE (reign of Cleopatra VII), Temple of Hathor at Dendera, roof kiosk (chamber W'), east gate, inner side, right (south) door post, D 8, 17.7:
- tkꜣw ꜥt n(j) mꜣw(t) ḥbs nw(j) b(ꜣ)ẖtt ḫf(ꜣ) pr pn
- Taper of fresh fat and brilliant cloth, illuminate this house!
- c. 1290–1279 BCE (reign of Seti I), Temple of Karnak, Great Hypostyle Hall, B 327: east wall, north wing, fourth register, seventh scene from the north (KIU 889), lines 1–3:
Inflection edit
Conjugation of ḫfꜣj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: ḫfꜣ, geminated stem: ḫfꜣꜣ
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
ḫfꜣ |
ḫfꜣw, ḫfꜣyw, ḫfꜣ |
ḫfꜣt, ḫfꜣwt, ḫfꜣyt |
ḫfꜣ |
ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣy |
‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
ḫfꜣ8 |
ḥr ḫfꜣ |
m ḫfꜣ |
r ḫfꜣ |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | ḫfꜣ.n |
ḫfꜣw, ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣy |
consecutive | ḫfꜣ.jn |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | ḫfꜣt | ||||
perfective3 | ḫfꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
obligative1 | ḫfꜣ.ḫr |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣy |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | ḫfꜣw, ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣy |
ḫfꜣꜣ |
potentialis1 | ḫfꜣ.kꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣy |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | ḫfꜣ.n |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
— | — |
perfective | ḫfꜣw1, ḫfꜣy, ḫfꜣ |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ḫfꜣ |
ḫfꜣy, ḫfꜣ |
imperfective | ḫfꜣꜣ, ḫfꜣꜣy, ḫfꜣꜣw5 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 |
ḫfꜣꜣ, ḫfꜣꜣj6, ḫfꜣꜣy6 |
ḫfꜣꜣ, ḫfꜣꜣw5 |
prospective | ḫfꜣw1, ḫfꜣy, ḫfꜣ, ḫfꜣtj7 |
— | ḫfꜣwtj1 4, ḫfꜣtj4, ḫfꜣt4 | |
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Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫfꜣj
References edit
- “ḫfꜣi̯ (lemma ID 116590)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae[1], Corpus issue 17, Web app version 2.01 edition, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–15 December 2022
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[2], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 271.9
- Meeks, Dimitri (1977) Année Lexicographique Égypte Ancienne vol. I, 77.3061
- Meeks, Dimitri (1978) Année Lexicographique Égypte Ancienne vol. II, 78.2999
- Brand, Peter J., Feleg, Rosa Erika, and Murnane, William J. (2018) The Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak, volume 1, part 2: Translation and Commentary, pages 299–300:
- According to Nelson, ḫfꜢ.t seems to mean “to fill (with light).” See JNES 8 (1949), pp. 339–40 and n. 166 with references cited therein. Although it does not appear in the Berlin Dictionary, ḫfꜢ.t might simply be a fuller writing of ḫf “illuminate”; Wb. III, p. 271.