ꜣḫ m jb

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣḫ (“to be(come) effective, useful, splendid”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘to be effective in (someone’s) heart’.

Pronunciation

Verb
Axx
Y1		 mib Z1

 compound

  1. (with favoring person attached to jb as possessor) to find favour with (someone), to be(come) thought of highly by (someone)
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 106–107:[1]
      Axx
      Y1      		 nmib Z1
      f      		 U7
      r      		 A2n
      f      		 wA1r
      x
      Y1      		 n
      f      		 q
      n      		 A24nA1
      ꜣḫ.n(.j) m jb.f mr.n.f wj rḫ.n.f qn.n.j
      (I) found favor with him and he loved me when he found out how I had prevailed.

References
  1. Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 95–96
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