mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣꜥ (“(to be) true, just”) +‎ ḫrw (“voice”), thus literally ‘(to be) true of voice’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑː xɛruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: maa-kheru

Verb

 compound

1. to be among the dead who have been judged righteous
2. to be justified, to be right

Usage notes

Conventionally, the uses of this term are translated with forms of the word ‘justified’: ‘to be justified’, ‘justified’, ‘justification’, etc., or by the phrase "true of voice".

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mꜣꜥ-ḫrw  

mꜣꜥ-ḫrw	mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Derived terms

• smꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Adjective

1. said after mentioning the name of a dead person

Inflection

Declension of mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

	masculine	feminine
singular	mꜣꜥ-ḫrw	mꜣꜥt-ḫrw
dual	mꜣꜥwj-ḫrw	mꜣꜥtj-ḫrw
plural	mꜣꜥw-ḫrw	mꜣꜥwt-ḫrw1, mꜣꜥt-ḫrw2

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² 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

See under the verb above.

Noun

 m

1. rightness, justification

Alternative forms

See under the verb above.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 97, 213.