ꜣḫ m jb

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣḫ (“to be(come) effective, useful, splendid”) +‎ m (“in”) +‎ jb (“heart”), literally “to be effective in (someone’s) heart”.

Pronunciation

Verb

 compound

  1. (with favoring person attached to jb as possessor) to find favour with (someone), to be(come) thought of highly by (someone)
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 106–107:[1]






      ꜣḫ.n(.j) m jb.f mr.n.f wj rḫ.n.f qn.n.j
      I found favor with him and he loved me when he found out how I had prevailed.

References

  1. ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 95–96
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