wḏꜣ jb
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
wḏꜣ (“to be(come) sound or hale”) + jb (“heart, mind”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛd͡ʒɑ ib/
- Conventional anglicization: wedja ib
Verb[edit]
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compound
- (literally) to have one’s heart/mind be in a good mental and physical state
- to be(come) satisfied or glad
- to satisfy or content oneself with a piece of information; used formulaically to introduce messages and news
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 1–3:
- wḏꜣ jb.k ḥꜣt(j)-ꜥ m.k pḥ.n.n ẖnw
- Satisfy yourself (literally, “May your heart be sound”), high official: look, we have reached home.
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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḏꜣ jb
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References[edit]
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 400.9–400.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 74