tꜣ-šꜣsw-yhwꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

From tꜣ (“land”) +‎ šꜣsw (“Shasu”) +‎ yhwꜣ, with the first two elements in a direct genitive construction and the last in apposition, thus literally ‘yhwꜣ, the land of the Shasu’. yhwꜣ is apparently a toponym; some have hypothesized the toponym to be derived from a theonym, which would make it one of the earliest known references to Yahweh.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑ ʃɑsuː iːhuːɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: ta-shasu-yhua

Proper noun

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1. a region near Edom inhabited by a tribe of Shasu (Semitic nomads)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tꜣ-šꜣsw-yhwꜣ  

tꜣ-šꜣsw-yhwꜣ

[sic]; from Amara West, hypostyle hall, western part, north wall; the penultimate glyph is miscopied from an earlier source

References

• Giveon, Raphael (1971) Les Bédouins Shosou des documents égyptiens, documents 6a and 16a.