ḥtpw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥtp (“to pacify”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħatpaw/ → /ˈħaʔpaw/ → /ħaʔp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħatpaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaʔpaw/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ħaʔp/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛtɛpuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: hetepu

Noun

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1. peace, calm, submission
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 23:

     jwyt zb(.w) sjw(w) rw.w tꜣ m ḥtpw ẖr nb.f

     Wrongdoing has gone, the Slanderer has departed, and the land is in peace under its lord.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥtpw  

ḥtp	ḥtp	ḥtpw	ḥtpw

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN