fnḫw

Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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n
x		 wV1
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Z2

 m pl

  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:
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      T2      		 wrwrwrnw Z1
      r      		 t
      n      		 nw w T14N25N25
      N25
      N25      		 nb
      t      		 N38
      t U30 t      		 Y1
      N17      		 N17
      N17      		 nb
      Z2      		 f
      n      		 xwA49
      Z2
      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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References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 345
  • Projet Karnak, KIU 2105
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