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Other romanization schemes
Manuel de Codage
xpS
Gardiner 1927
ḫpš
Erman & Grapow 1926
ḫpš
Lepsius 1874 (obsolete )
χepeš
m
foreleg of an animal
strong arm (of a human )
( figuratively ) strength
c. 1900 BCE ,
The Instructions of Kagemni (
pPrisse /pBN 183) lines 2.1–2.2:
(j)m ꜥꜣ jb.k ḥr ḫpš m ḥr(j) jb ḏꜣmw.k zꜣw jtn.k Don’t grow arrogant (lit. don’t make your heart big) on account of (your) strength in the midst of your cohort, lest you be challenged.
Declension of ḫpš (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫpš
Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲱⲃϣ ( šōbš )
Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡϣ ( šōpš )
m
( astronomy ) the Big Dipper (literally “the Foreleg”)
Synonym: msḫtjw
m
khopesh
Declension of ḫpš (masculine)