bꜥr

See also: br

Egyptian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑːr/

Proper noun

m

Baal, a storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons
- c. 1289 BCE, Temple of Karnak, east wing, bottom register, relief of Seti I defeating Shasu bedouin on the road to Gaza, lines 5–7:[1]
- sḫm jb mj bꜥrw nj wn ḥsj sw jm.f hrw ṯzw n(j) sky
  Stout-hearted like Baʿal—there is none who can turn against him (on) the day of joining combat

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜥr

bꜥrw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 447.10–447.12

Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago (1986) Reliefs and Inscriptions at Karnak, volume 4: The Battle Reliefs of King Sety I, page 14 and plate 5

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