jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

jmꜣḫw (“revered one”) +‎ ḫr (“in the presence of, before”) +‎ nṯr-ꜥꜣ (“Elder God”, epithet of Osiris), thus literally ‘one revered before the Elder God’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmaʀχaw χuɾ ˌnacaɾˈʕaʀ/ → /jaˈmaʀχaw χuʔ ˌnataʔˈʕaʀ/ → /ʔaˈmaːχə χuʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/ → /ʔaˈmoːχ χøʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmaʀχaw χuɾ ˌnacaɾˈʕaʀ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmaʀχaw χuʔ ˌnataʔˈʕaʀ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmaːχə χuʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmoːχ χøʔ nətəˈʕaʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɑxuː xɛr nɛt͡ʃɛr ɑːʔɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: imakhu-kher-netjer-aa

Noun

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1. epithet attached to the dead who have been judged righteous

Inflection

Declension of jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ (masculine)

singular	jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
dual	jmꜣḫwwj-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ
plural	jmꜣḫww-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ  

jmꜣḫ-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ	jmꜣḫw-ḫr-nṯr-ꜥꜣ

References

• Jones, Dilwyn (2000) An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (BAR International Series; 866 (I-II)), volume I-II, Oxford: Archaeopress, →ISBN, § 142, page 30
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 82.6