m qꜣb
Egyptian
Etymology
Cognate with Hebrew בְּקֶרֶב (bəqereḇ, “amidst”). Synchronically as if m (“in”) + qꜣb (“intestines, middle”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛm kɑb/
- Conventional anglicization: em qab
Preposition
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- amidst
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 135–136:
- pḥ.k ẖnw wn.k jm.f m qꜣb n(j) snw.k
- You will reach home and be there in the midst of your siblings.
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 96