ḫꜣm

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to bend (one’s arms or back) as a sign of reverence [since the Middle Kingdom]
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 86–88:
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      ꜥḥꜥ.n wšb.n.j n.f st ꜥwj.j ḫꜣm(.w) m bꜣḥ.f ḏd.j n.f
      Then I answered him this, my arms bowed before him, saying to him: […]
  2. (intransitive) to bow down in reverence [since the Middle Kingdom]
  3. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to hold on to, to keep in one’s possession
  4. (transitive, Late Egyptian) to succeed in

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