“Gods” in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

Today we are going to look at the word for “Gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹.” Just for some review, this is the word for “God 𓊹.” 

The “cloth on a pole 𓊹“ symbol is an ideogram for the word god. 𓊹 is also a triliteral phonogram, and represents the letters “ntr” which may have been pronounced like “neter.” 𓊹 Is also a determinative for “god.” So the “cloth on a pole 𓊹“ symbol can function as all three types of hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪. If you see this symbol, you are most likely looking at a word that has to do with the gods 𓊹𓊹𓊹!

Gods can be written as 𓊹𓊹𓊹 or 𓊹𓏪, and the word that was used depended on the amount of space that was available! 

Fun fact: in ancient Egyptian culture, a couple (husband and wife) was still considered to be singular even though they are two 𓏻 people – that is why the Egyptians use 𓏦, 𓏪, or repeating the symbol three 𓏼 times to pluralize words! In ancient Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖, two 𓏻 was singular, and three 𓏼 was plural!