ḥnmnm

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnɛmnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: henemnem

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive) to creep, to move stealthily [18th Dynasty]
   • 18th Dynasty, Zaubersprüche für Mutter und Kind (pBerlin 3027), book 1, spell C, lines 1.9–1.10:

     kt šp.k jj m kkw ꜥq m ḥnmnm fnd.f ḥꜣ.f ḥr.f ꜥn.w wh.w m jjt.n.f r.s

     Another (charm): May you flow away, he who comes from darkness, who enters in creeping, his nose behind him, his face turned back, having failed in that which he came for!

   • 18th Dynasty, Zaubersprüche für Mutter und Kind (pBerlin 3027), book 1, spell C, lines 1.10–2.1:

     šp.t jjt m kkw ꜥqt m ḥnmnm fnḏ.s ḥꜣ.s ḥr.s msnḥ wh.tj m jjt.n.s r.s

     May you flow away, she who comes from darkness, who enters in creeping, her nose behind her, her face turned around, having failed in that which she came for!

Usage notes

This word is a dis legomenon, attested only twice in successive sentences of the same manuscript (pBerlin 3027), and each time in an almost identical context; see the quotes above.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnmnm  

ḥnmnm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 114.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 172
• Erman, Adolf (1901) Zaubersprüche für Mutter und Kind: aus dem Papyrus 3027 des Berliner Museums, page 11–13