gbb

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkʼuːbab/ → /ˈkʼuːbab/ → /kʼeːβ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛbɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: gebeb

Noun

m

earth, ground

Inflection

Declension of gbb (masculine)

singular	gbb
dual	gbbwj
plural	gbbw

Proper noun

m

the god Geb (literally “Earth”)
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 25:
  
  wḏ.n n.k jt.k gbb jr.n.tw ḫft ḏdt.n.f
  Your father Geb has decreed in your favor, and it has been done according to his word (literally, “what he said”).

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Κῆβ (Kêb)
→ English: Geb

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 148.
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 164.6–164.7

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