sšm

See also: ssm, SSM, and šsm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshem

Etymology 1

From sšmj (“to lead, to guide”).

Noun

 m

1. guidance, direction, conduction
2. written instruction specifying how something is to be done
3. assignment, task to be carried out
4. conduct, behavior
5. situation or state of affairs at a particular place
6. (in calculations) division, distribution [Middle Kingdom]
7. a secret form in which gods manifest in the Amduat (in contrast to their proper bodies)

Inflection

Declension of sšm (masculine)

singular	sšm
dual	sšmwj
plural	sšmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšm  

sšm

Etymology 2

Noun

 m

1. whetstone

Inflection

Declension of sšm (masculine)

singular	sšm
dual	sšmwj
plural	sšmw

Noun

 m

1. butcher [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of sšm (masculine)

singular	sšm
dual	sšmwj
plural	sšmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sšm  

sšm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 289.10–290.4, 290.12–291.5, 291.19–291.22, 292.6–292.7, 292.9–292.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 247
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 149, 344.