ḥwrw

Egyptian

FWOTD – 29 December 2022

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːruː/
  • Conventional anglicization: huru

Noun

 m

1. poor man, wretch
2. inferior (in skill or accomplishment)
   • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 6.1–6.2 (74–77):

     jr gm.k ḏꜣjsw m ꜣt.f m ḥwrw nj js mjtw.k m ꜣd(w) jb.k r.f ḫft ẖzz.f jmj sw r tꜣ ḫsf.f n.f ḏs.f

     If you find a disputant in the act who is an inferior and not your equal, don’t let yourself rage at him in accordance with his being wretched; set him aside (literally, “to the earth”) and he himself will punish himself.

Inflection

Declension of ḥwrw (masculine)

singular	ḥwrw
dual	ḥwrwwj
plural	ḥwrww

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 126.