Qebehsenuef 𓏂𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name of the Egyptian god “Qebehsenuef 𓏂𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑.”

Qebehsenuef 𓏂𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑 was one of the Four Sons of Horus who had a falcon head and appeared mostly on Canopic Jars and in funerary inscriptions. Qebehsenuef 𓏂𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑 protected the intestines 𓈖𓊪𓅮𓄿𓏲𓏼. 

Let’s take a closer look at the name: 

𓏂 – qbb or qbh

𓌢𓌢𓌢 – snw

𓆑 – f

Let’s break down the symbols: 

The “water jar with water 𓏁 / 𓏂” symbols are both variants of each other and have the same meaning! These symbols mostly act as determinatives, however in the case of Qebehsenuef the symbols act as a triliteral phonogram with the sound “qbb” or “qbh.”

The “arrowhead 𓌢” is a biliteral phonogram that is associated with the sound “sn.” Since the arrowhead 𓌢 is repeated three times in the name, that pluralizes the symbol and causes it to have the sound “snw.” 

The “horned viper 𓆑” functions as a uniliteral phonogram and represents the sound “f.”

Qebehsenuef 𓏂𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑 may seem like a difficult name 𓂋𓈖 to pronounce but once you break down the symbols it’s not too bad!

Here are some variants of Qebehsenuef’s name: 

𓏁𓈖𓈖𓈖𓌢𓏏𓏥𓆑

𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑

𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭

𓏁𓌢

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