wḏꜣ jb

Egyptian

Etymology

wḏꜣ (“to be(come) sound or hale”) +‎ jb (“heart, mind”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑ ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: wedja ib

Verb

 compound

1. (literally) to have one’s heart/mind be in a good mental and physical state
2. to be(come) satisfied or glad
3. to satisfy or content oneself with a piece of information; used formulaically to introduce messages and news
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 1–3:

     wḏꜣ jb.k ḥꜣt(j)-ꜥ m.k pḥ.n.n ẖnw

     Satisfy yourself (literally, “May your heart be sound”), high official: look, we have reached home.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣ jb  

wḏꜣ jb

Derived terms

• rḏj wḏꜣ jb

Related terms

• swḏꜣ jb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 400.9–400.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 74