ḫprj

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalization of the imperfect active participle of ḫpr (“to come into being”), thus literally, “the one coming into being”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛpri/
  • Conventional anglicization: khepri

Proper noun

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1. Khepri, the god personifying the morning sun
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:

     ṯwt nṯr pw ḏꜣ wnwwt ḥtp.k wjꜣ ḫpr(j)

     You are this god who sails across the hours as you rest in the barque of Khepri.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫprj  

ḫpr

Derived terms

• ḥr-m-ꜣḫt-ḫprj-rꜥ-tm

Descendants

• → Translingual: Kheper

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 149.