jw zp

Egyptian

Etymology

jw (“comes”) +‎ zp (“time, matter, misdeed”), literally ‘(one’s) misdeed comes’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuː zɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: iu zep

Phrase

1. (with following suffix pronoun, usually negated) to be found responsible for faults or misdeeds, to have fault found with one

   ― nj jw zp.j ― no fault was found with me

   ― jjw zp.f ― he with whom fault was found

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jw zp  

jjw zp	jw zp

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 44.23
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 435.9
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 10–12