ḥtp ḏj

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥtp (“offering”) +‎ ḏj (perfective relative form of rḏj), thus ‘an offering that … gives’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛtɛp d͡ʒi/
  • Conventional anglicization: hetep dji

Phrase

1. conventionally used in the offering formula to introduce the name of a god whose local funerary establishment provides funerary gift(s) for the deceased
   1. as the introduction to the offering formula as a whole [Pyramid Texts and Old Kingdom]
   2. following the term ḥtp ḏj nswt at the start of the offering formula [Pyramid Texts to Middle Kingdom and rarely in the 18th and 26th Dynasties]

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 186, 188.1