jmj jb

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj (“(one) being in”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘one who is in the heart’.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmij jib/ → /jaˈmij jib/ → /ʔəˈmeʔ ʔep/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmij jib/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jaˈmij jib/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈmeʔ ʔep/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imi ib/
  • Conventional anglicization: imi ib

Noun

 m

1. favorite or close confidante

Inflection

Declension of jmj jb (masculine)

singular	jmj jb
dual	jmjwj jb, jmwj jb
plural	jmjw jb, jmw jb

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 62
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 150.