šzp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

O43p
N11

 m

  1. palm
  2. a measure of length equivalent to 4 ḏbꜥw (digits) or 17 of a mḥ (cubit) (about 7.5 centimetres).
Inflection
Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʃaːzap//ˈʃaːp//ˈʃoːp/

Verb

O43p
D40

 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to accept, to receive, to take without force
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:
      O43p
      a
      x
      r
      p W
      xt
      HA25A24mn
      n
      itT14xtHAt
      t t
      V1r
      a
      tHr Z1 tA
      N23 Z1
      šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ
      The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:
      mAtwI3riH_SPACE
      W
      fF51
      Z2
      rgsZ1sk
      n
      I3A1O43p
      a
      a
      f
      n
      k
      (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k
      Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 18–19:
      pr
      r
      D54
      n
      f
      S10
      HwmwDn
      gb
      bO43
      p
      D40
      n
      f
      HqAt Z1
      N21
      N21
      HDtmn
      n
      Y1
      tiimtp Z1
      f
      pr.n.f mḏḥ.w m wḏ n(j) gbb šzp.n.f ḥqꜣt jdbwj wrrt mn.tj m tp.f
      He came forth wreathed at the command of Geb, having received the rulership of the Two Riverbanks (Egypt), the White Crown fixed upon his head.
  2. (transitive) to catch (fish)
  3. (transitive) to buy
  4. (transitive) to set out on, to commence
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • šzp ꜣwt-jb (beginning of joy)
  • šzp ꜣs (hurry)
  • šzp jꜣw (become old)
  • šzp ꜥḥꜣ r (attack)
  • šzp wꜣt (travel)
  • šzp wnwt bjnt (have a bad time)
  • šzp bjꜣt (perform a miracle)
  • šzp fꜣ ṯꜣw (sail forth)
  • šzp nmtt (assent to acts)
  • šzp kḥkḥ (become old)
  • šzp ksw (crouch)
Descendants
  • Demotic: šp

Etymology 2

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Noun

O43pA40

 m

  1. statue, religious image, sphinx
Inflection
Alternative forms

Other alternative hieroglyphic writings use a sphinx on a plinth or a sphinx wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt as determinatives.

References

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