bḥs

See also: BHS and bh's

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛhɛs/
  • Conventional anglicization: behes

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive or intransitive) to hunt [New Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of bḥs (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: bḥs, geminated stem: bḥss

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural bḥs bḥsw, bḥs bḥst bḥs bḥs ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 bḥs ḥr bḥs m bḥs r bḥs suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect bḥs.n bḥsw, bḥs consecutive bḥs.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative bḥst perfective3 bḥs active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 bḥs.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective bḥs active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 bḥs bḥss potentialis1 bḥs.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive bḥs active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect bḥs.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective bḥs active + .tj1, .tw2 bḥs bḥs, bḥsw5, bḥsy5 imperfective bḥs, bḥsy, bḥsw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 bḥs, bḥsj6, bḥsy6 bḥs, bḥsw5 prospective bḥs, bḥstj7 — bḥstj4, bḥst4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bḥs  

bḥs	bḥs	bḥs

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of bḥz (“calf”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 469.13–469.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 84