Egyptian
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Etymology
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rwḏ (“to be firm, to succeed”) + jmn (“Amun”), thus ‘Amun is firm/Amun succeeds’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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- a male given name, Rudamun
Alternative forms
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rwḏ-jmn
References
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- Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 155
- von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 106, 266