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Hi, I'm baffled by the Throne Name of Mentuhotep II - Nebhepetre. Some websites say 'Nebhepetre' translates as 'Pleased is the Lord Ra', but neither of my hieroglyphic dictionaries has 'hepet' meaning anything like 'pleased'.
Can you help? What does 'hepet' really mean and how is it represented in hieroglyphs?
Cheers, Jeff
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Look up "Hep" in your dictionaries (in Budge, it's the 'H' with a dot underneath ) and see if you can construct an intelligible phrase...
As you have already discovered, its meanings has nothing at all to do with "pleased".
also if you were to read the kings Nsu Biti name in the conventional manner Nebkhr Re, you would get "Lord of the voice of Re" - a little presumptuous and somewhat sacrilegious, don't you think?
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According to Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar 'hepet' (hpt)translates to embrace.
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The hepet I cited above is not the same used in the pharaoh's name. Wally is correct that hepet translates to oar.
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Thanks Wally and Apocalypse! Call me 'grasshopper'. I love / am infuriated by / love the subtleties of the language. Cheers, Jeff
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