fnḫw

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Probably from the plural of fnḫ (carpenter, woodcutter), in connection with the Egyptian trade in lumber in Canaan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. (plural only) a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally the forest-dwellers of Lebanon; Phoenicians?
    • 15th century BCE, "Massacre of the Enemies", obelisk relief of the conquests of Thutmose III at Karnak, southern face (verso) of the seventh pylon [Cfeetk 57176/KIU 2105], caption:[1]
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      sqr wrw n(j)w rtnw ḫꜣswt nb(w)t štꜣ(w)t tꜣw nbw fnḫw
      The smiting of the great ones of Retjenu and every hidden foreign land and every land of the Phoenicians.

Descendants

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(Possibly:)

References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
  • Tale of Sanehat in "Digital Egypt for Universities" site, UCL (appears as "fnxw")