חפרע

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Demotic wꜣḥ-jb-rꜥ, composed of wꜣḥ (“to endure”) +‎ jb (“heart”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”), thus meaning ‘The heart of Ra endures’. Compare Ancient Greek Ἁπρίης (Hapríēs), Οὔαφρις (Oúaphris), Ουἀφρη (Ouaphrē), Imperial Aramaic 𐡅‎𐡇𐡐𐡓𐡏 (wḥprʿ), and Phoenician 𐤅𐤇𐤐𐤓𐤏 (wḥprʿ) from the same source.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħɔfˈraʕ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χofˈʁa(ʔ)/

Proper noun

חָפְרַע • (ḥop̄raʿ) m

1. the pharaoh Apries