rꜥ-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

rꜥ (“Ra”) +‎ ḥtp (“to be content”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus ‘Ra is content’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɑː hɛtɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: ra-hetep

Proper noun

m

a male given name, Rahotep

Alternative forms

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References

Ranke, Hermann (1935) Die ägyptischen Personennamen‎, volume 1, Glückstadt: Verlag von J. J. Augustin, page 219.15
Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 89
von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 81, 220

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