rꜥ-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

rꜥ (“Ra”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus ‘Ra is content’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɑː hɛtɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: ra-hetep

Proper noun

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1. a male given name, Rahotep

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rꜥ-ḥtp  

rꜥ-ḥtp	rꜥ-ḥtp	rꜥ-ḥtp	rꜥ-ḥtp

References

• Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎^[1], volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 219.15
• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 89
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 81, 220