ḫꜥ-bꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫꜥ (“rising, shining forth, appearing in glory”) +‎ bꜣ (“active or efficacious power”) in a direct genitive construction, thus loosely ‘one whose active power appears in glory’ (literally ‘(one) appearing-in-glory of active power’).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑː bɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: kha-ba

Proper noun

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1. A serekh name notably borne by Khaba, a pharaoh of the Third Dynasty

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 32
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 51, 177