rḥwj

Egyptian

Etymology

The dual form of the defective noun rḥw (“companions, comrades”), thus literally ‘The Two Companions’, restricted in historical times to particular uses.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /rɛhuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: rehwi

Noun

m du

an epithet of the pair of gods Horus and Set, rarely also used of other pairs of gods [since the Pyramid Texts]

Inflection

Declension of rḥwj (masculine)

singular	—
dual	rḥwj
plural	rḥw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of rḥwj

rḥwj

[New Kingdom]

[Greco-Roman Period]

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 441.13–441.15

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