ḫpr

== Egyptian == === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛpɛr/ Conventional anglicization: kheper === Verb === (intransitive) to come into being, to start to exist [since the Pyramid Texts] (intransitive) to come to exist or take place (in the currently relevant context); to occur, to happen, to appear, to arise (+ m-ꜥ: to happen to) [since the Pyramid Texts] c. 1600 BCE, Westcar Papyrus, column 4, line 18: (intransitive) to evolve, to develop, to transform (+ m: to turn into, to become) [since the Pyramid Texts] (intransitive, of time) to come, to arrive ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲓ (šōpi) Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲉ (šōpe) Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲓ (šōpi) Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲱⲡⲉ (šōpe) Proto-Lycopolitan Coptic: ⳃⲱⲡⲉ (çōpe) Coptic Dialect P: ⳋⲱⲡⲉ (çōpe) Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲱⲡⲉ (xōpe) === Proper noun === m a serekh name notably borne by Djedefre, a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty === References === Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN von Beckerath, Jürgen (1995) “Ḫpr/ḫpr(w)/ḫpr(w)w in den Königsnamen des Neuen Reiches nach griechischer Überlieferung” in Divitiae aegypti: Koptologische und verwandte Studien zu Ehren von Martin Krause, edited by Cäcilia Fluck, Lucia Langener, Siegfried Richter, Sofia Schaten, and Gregor Wurst. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag. 15–18. Atiya, Aziz Suryal, editor (1991), “Protodialect”, in The Coptic Encyclopedia‎[1], New York: Macmillan, →ISBN Hoch, James (1997), Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 84 Leprohon, Ronald (2013), Denise Doxey, editor, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary, Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, →ISBN, page 35 von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984), Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, pages 52, 179