ꜣḫ m jb

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣḫ (“to be(come) effective, useful, splendid”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ jb (“heart”), literally “to be effective in (someone’s) heart”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑx ɛm ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: akh em ib

Verb

 compound

1. (with favoring person attached to jb as possessor) to find favour with (someone), to be(come) thought of highly by (someone)
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 106–107:

     ꜣḫ.n(.j) m jb.f mr.n.f wj rḫ.n.f qn.n.j

     I found favor with him and he loved me when he found out how I had prevailed.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 4