mfkꜣt

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From m- (noun-forming prefix) +‎ fkꜣt (“turquoise”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mf
kA
t

N33Aw

 f

  1. turquoise

Descendants[edit]

  • → Hebrew: נֹפֶךְ (nṓp̄ɛk, “turquoise, modernly abused for carbuncle”)

References[edit]

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 311.
  • Hoffmeier, James K. (2023) “Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly Matters”, in Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts in Honor of Gary A. Rendsburg (Studia Semitica Neerlandica; 75)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
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