stẖ-pr-jb.sn

Egyptian

Etymology

stẖ (“Set”) +‎ pr (“to come forth”) +‎ (.w) (third-person masculine singular stative ending) +‎ jb (“heart, will”) +‎ .sn (“their”), thus literally ‘Set, their will has come forth’, possibly implying ‘Set, (for whom) their will has come forth’, but the exact meaning is unclear.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtɛç pɛr ibʔsɛn/
  • Conventional anglicization: setekh-per-ib.sen

Proper noun

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1. A serekh name notably borne by Seth-Peribsen, a pharaoh of the Second Dynasty

References

• Leprohon, Ronald (2013) Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 29
• von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 48, 174