See also: SSP, ssp., and šsp

Egyptian

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sS
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N8

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be(come) bright in color or illumination
  2. (intransitive) to shine, to be(come) bright with radiance
  3. (transitive) to illuminate, to brighten with light

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Noun

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N8

 m

  1. light, illumination
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 12–13:
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      ḫꜥ ḥr nst nt (j)t.f mj rꜥ wbn.f m ꜣḫt rdj.f šsp n ḥr(j) kkw sḥḏ.n.f šw m šwtj.fj bꜥḥ.n.f tꜣwj mj jṯn m tp-dwꜣyt
      One shining forth on the throne of his father like Ra when he rises in the Akhet, he gave light to what was covered by darkness, having brightened the air with his two plumes, having flooded the Two Lands (Egypt) like the sun disk at the break of dawn.
  2. the brightness of dawn or day

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