wḥmyt
Egyptian
Noun
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- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom literature and 18th Dynasty literature]
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:
- fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ
- The wind was lifted again and again (lit. lifted, it making repetition), with a wave in it of eight cubits.
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:
Inflection
Declension of wḥmyt (feminine)
singular | wḥmyt |
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dual | wḥmytj |
plural | wḥmywt |
Alternative forms
References
- Blackman, Aylward M. (1930) “Notes on Certain Passages in Various Middle Egyptian Texts” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 16, p. 68
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