jmjw-jꜣwt.sn

Egyptian

Etymology

jmj (“being in”) +‎ -w (plural suffix) +‎ jꜣwt (plural of jꜣt (“mound”)) +‎ .sn (third-person plural suffix pronoun), thus literally ‘those in their mounds’. Some variants leave off .sn for a meaning of ‘those in the mounds’.

Pronunciation

Proper noun
iimimZ3wiAt
t N23		 Z3z
n
Z2		 A40Z3

 m pl

  1. (plural only) a group of seven snake gods who defend Ra from Apophis

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmjw-jꜣwt.sn  
imimWZ3AiAiit
Z5		 I14
Z2
imwZ3i A
T		 iAt
N33A		 z
n
Z2
imimWZ3AiAt
Z5		 iiI14Z3AHASH
imimWZ3AiAt
Z5		 iiN23sn
Z2
jmjw-jꜣyt jmw-jꜣwṯ.sn jmjw-jꜣyt.sn jmjw-jꜣyt.sn

References
  • Leitz, Christian; Budde, Dagmar; Dils, Peter; Goldbrunner, Lothar; Mendel, Daniela (2002), Christian Leitz, editor, Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, volume 1: ꜣ–y, Leuven: Peeters, page 260–261
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 7
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