zj n sḏt

Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

zj (“to go”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ sḏt (“fire”), thus perhaps literally ‘go-away of fire’. Some authors identify the first element with zbj (“to go, to lead”) rather than with zj or simply conflate the two verbs entirely.

Pronunciation edit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zi ɛn sɛd͡ʒɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: zi en sedjet

Noun edit

m

burnt offering
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:
  
  šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw
  I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.

Related terms edit

zj n ḫt

References edit

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147
Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 20, 21