ḥrj-tp

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥrj (“being upon”) +‎ tp (“head”). The noun is thus literally ‘(he who is) upon the head’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛri tɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: heri-tep

Adjective

1. being atop
2. chief, main

Inflection

Declension of ḥrj-tp (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	ḥrj-tp	ḥrt-tp
dual	ḥrjwj-tp, ḥrwj-tp	ḥrtj-tp
plural	ḥrjw-tp, ḥrw-tp	ḥrwt-tp1, ḥrt-tp2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥrj-tp  

ḥr-tp	ḥr-tp

Noun

 m

1. chief, head, leader

Inflection

Declension of ḥrj-tp (masculine)

singular	ḥrj-tp
dual	ḥrjwj-tp, ḥrwj-tp
plural	ḥrjw-tp, ḥrw-tp

Alternative forms

See under the adjective section above.

Descendants

• Demotic: ḥrj-tp, ḥr-tb
  • → Hebrew: חַרְטֹם (ḥarṭōm), חרטום

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 343.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.6–140.15
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 97