jšš

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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iS
S
a

 2ae gem.

  1. (transitive) to carry (here), to bring out [Book of the Dead and Greco-Roman Period]

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Verb

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iS
S
D154

 2ae gem.

  1. (transitive) to spit or sneeze out

Usage notes

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Used chiefly in the context of old religious texts, and particularly in the Heliopolitan cosmogony to describe the creation of the god Shu from Atum’s spit.

Possibly both verbs jšš are mere graphical variants of each other, with a basic meaning of ‘to transport out’.

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Noun

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iS
S
D154

 m

  1. spittle
  2. anything spat out

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See under the verb above.

Noun

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iS
S
B102

 m

  1. image [Greco-Roman Period]

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