dbḥt-ḥtp

Egyptian

Etymology

dbḥt (“necessity”) +‎ ḥtp (“offering”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘necessity of the offering’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛbhɛt hɛtɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: debhet-hetep

Noun

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(uncountable) funerary meal offered to the dead [since the Old Kingdom]
(uncountable) altar for food offerings to the dead [since the Old Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dbḥt-ḥtp

dbḥ-ḥtp

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 440–441.7
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312

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