bnw

See also: bnw.

Egyptian

FWOTD – 8 January 2019

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: benu

Noun

 m

1. the Bennu or phoenix, a divine being and a bird into which the dead could transform.
   • c. 1478 BCE – 1397 BCE, Book of the Dead of Nu (pLondon British Museum EA10477) chapter 64, line 23:

     j(w)j.n.j m ḫm r jwnw r rḏj.t rḫ bnw ḫrt dwꜣt

     I have come from Letopolis to Heliopolis to let the phoenix know of the conditions of the Afterworld.

Inflection

Declension of bnw (masculine)

singular	bnw
dual	bnwwj
plural	bnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bnw  

bnw	bnw	bnw	bnw	bnw	byn	bnw	bnw	bnw
			[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]
					sic, rare

Derived terms

• ḥt bnw

 

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: φοῖνιξ (phoînix)
  • → Latin: phoenix

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of bnr (“date (fruit)”)

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN