m qꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew בְּקֶרֶב‎ (bəqereḇ, “amidst”). Synchronically as if m (“in”) +‎ qꜣb (“intestines, middle”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛm kɑb/
- Conventional anglicization: em qab

Preposition

amidst
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 135–136:
  
  pḥ.k ẖnw wn.k jm.f m qꜣb n(j) snw.k
  You will reach home and be there in the midst of your siblings.

References

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 96

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