ḥbs ḥr r

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥbs (“to clothe, to cover, to hide”) +‎ ḥr (“face”) +‎ r (“facing, against”), thus ‘to cover the face toward’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛbɛs hɛr ɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: hebes her er

Verb

compound

to not want to see (someone), to be inaccessible to (someone’s) pleas
to be miserly or ungenerous toward (those in need)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 64.13–64.14
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 167

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