zfṯyw

zfṯyw

Egyptian

Etymology

zfṯ (“to slaughter”) +‎ -y +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛft͡ʃiːuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: zeftjyu

Proper noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) a group of threatening underworld gods, ‘the Butchers’
   • c. 976 BCE, Book of the Dead of Pinedjem II (pLondon British Museum EA10793 = pCampbell), chapter 41B, line 22.6–22.7:

     …

     [1]

     j sfṯyw jpw nw nb{t}-ꜥnḫ ntj ḥr.sn m sḏt spd ḏbꜥw […] ḥr ⟨ṯ⟩n r.j

     O you Butchers of the Lord of Life, whose faces are made of fire, (who are) sharp of fingers, […] keep away from me.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of zfṯyw  

sfṯyw

from pLondon EA10793

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 444.3

1. Munro, Irmtraut (1996) Der Totenbuch-Papyrus des Hohenpriesters Pa-nedjem II. (pLondon BM 10793 / pCampbell), Wiesbaden: plate 23