ḥr-m-pr.f

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥr (“Horus”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ pr (“house, palace”) +‎ .f (“his”), thus “Horus in his house”. Compare ḥr-m-ꜥḥ.f.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛr ɛm pɛrʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: hor-em-per.ef

Noun

m

an epithet of the king [since the 18th Dynasty]
an epithet of the god Horus of Edfu [Greco-Roman Period]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 513.1–513.2
Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 124.6

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