ḫpš
Egyptian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpVʃ/ → /ˈχaːpəʃ/ → /ˈχoːpəʃ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpɛʃ/, /xopɛʃ/
- Conventional anglicization: khepesh, khopesh
Noun edit
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- foreleg of an animal
- strong arm (of a human)
- (figuratively) strength
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:
- (j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k
- Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your) strength in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.
Inflection edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpš
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Descendants edit
Proper noun edit
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m
- (astronomy) the Big Dipper (literally “the Foreleg”)
- Synonym: msḫtjw
Noun edit
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m
Inflection edit
References edit
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335.