wꜣḥ jb

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḥ (“to be lasting, to endure”) +‎ jb (“heart”), thus literally ‘to be lasting of heart’.

Pronunciation

Verb

 compound

  1. to be forbearing or patient
  2. (with r) to be friendly or kindly toward
  3. (catenative, with r and following infinitive) to be inclined to do

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜣḥ jb  
wꜣḥ jb

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 256.14–256.19
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 54
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 458.
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