j.nḏ ḥr

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from an earlier expression j.nḏ.j ḥr, meaning roughly ‘may I inquire about (you)’, with nḏ in the subjunctive and the first-person suffix pronoun .j omitted.

Pronunciation

Interjection
inDD
Y1		 Hr
Z1
  1. (with an attached second-person suffix pronoun, chiefly in religious texts) hail, greetings
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 1:
      inDD
      Hr
      k      		 Q2
      ir      		 nb
      H ra H      		 swt
      Z2ss      		 nTrI1S
      Z2      		 r
      n
      nw Z2ss      		 Dsr
      r      		 xprZ3S
      t U30      		 iir
      w      		 mr
      Z1      		 pr
      Z1 Z2ss
      j.nḏ ḥr.k wsjr nb nḥḥ nswt nṯr(w) ꜥšꜣ rnw ḏsr ḫprw štꜣ jrw m rw-pr
      Hail to you, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of gods, numerous of names, sacred of developments, secret of rites in temples!

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j.nḏ ḥr  
inDDHr
r
inDDHrZ1
inDD
Hr
j.nḏ ḥr j.nḏ ḥr j.nḏ ḥr

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 199.
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