ḥbs ḥr r

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥbs (“to clothe, to cover, to hide”) +‎ ḥr (“face”) +‎ r (“facing, against”), thus ‘to cover the face toward’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbɛs hɛr ɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: hebes her er

Verb

 compound

1. to not want to see (someone), to be inaccessible to (someone’s) pleas
2. to be miserly or ungenerous toward (those in need)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 64.13–64.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 167