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XI,8 m-ı͗r ẖdb ḥf mtw =k ḫꜣꜥ sde.ṱ =f

    XI,8
     
     
     
     
    m-ı͗r
    verb
    de tue nicht 〈〈Negierung des Imperativs〉〉
    (unedited)
    V
    ẖdb
    verb
    de töten
    (unedited)
    V
    ḥf
    substantive_masc
    de Schlange
    (unedited)
    N.m
    mtw
    undefined
    de [Konjunktiv]
    (unedited)
    (undefined)
    =k
    personal_pronoun
    de du, dein 〈〈Suffix 2. Pers. Sgl. mask.〉〉
    (unedited)
    -2sg.m
    ḫꜣꜥ
    verb
    de übriglassen
    (unedited)
    V
    sde.ṱ
    substantive_masc
    de Schwanz
    (unedited)
    N.m
    =f
    personal_pronoun
    de 〈〈Suffix 3. Sgl. mask.〉〉
    (unedited)
    -3sg.m

de Töte keine Schlange und laß (dann auch noch) ihren Schwanz übrig!

Dating (time frame): Hellenistische Zeit
Author(s): Günter Vittmann; with contributions by: Altägyptisches Wörterbuch (Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest changes: 08/30/2021)
Comments

  • Die Stelle wird angeführt von Johnson, Verbal System 286f. mit der Paraphrase: "It is useless to kill a snake and leave its tail."

    Commentary author: Günter Vittmann; with contributions by: Altägyptisches Wörterbuch; Data file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest revision: 06/26/2015

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