zj n sḏt

Egyptian

Etymology

zj (“to go”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ sḏt (“fire”), thus perhaps literally ‘go-away of fire’. Some authors identify the first element with zbj (“to go, to lead”) rather than with zj or simply conflate the two verbs entirely.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zi ɛn sɛd͡ʒɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: zi en sedjet

Noun

 m

1. burnt offering
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 54–56:

     šdt.j ḏꜣ sḫpr.n.j ḫt jr.n.j z(b)j-n-sḏt n nṯrw

     I took a fire-stick, I made a fire, and I made a burnt offering to the gods.

Related terms

• zj n ḫt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 147
• Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 20, 21