wꜣḥ jb

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḥ (“to be lasting, to endure”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘to be lasting of heart’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑh ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: wah ib

Verb

 compound

1. to be forbearing or patient
2. (with r) to be friendly or kindly toward
3. (catenative, with r and following infinitive) to be inclined to do

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḥ jb  

wꜣḥ jb

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 256.14–256.19
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 54
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.