jmj jb

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj (“(one) being in”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘one who is in the heart’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmij jib/ → /jaˈmij jib/ → /ʔəˈmeʔ ʔep/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ib/
- Conventional anglicization: imi ib

Noun

m

favorite or close confidante

Inflection

Declension of jmj jb (masculine)

singular	jmj jb
dual	jmjwj jb, jmwj jb
plural	jmjw jb, jmw jb

References

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 62
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150.

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