nb-sḫm

Egyptian

Etymology

nb (“lord, possessor”) +‎ sḫm (“power, capacity to overpower”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘possessor of overmastering power’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛb sɛxɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: neb-sekhem

Noun

 m

1. epithet for various gods [Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 249.12