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Sentence ID IBUBdyGAS8nssEfKhemEIBN51Hk

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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(infl. unedited)

    ẖdb
    verb
    de
    töten
    (unedited)
    V(infl. unedited)

    ḥf
    substantive_masc
    de
    Schlange
    (unedited)
    N.m(infl. unedited)

    mtw
    particle
    de
    [Konjunktiv]
    (unedited)
    PTCL(infl. unedited)

    =k
    personal_pronoun
    de
    du, dein 〈〈Suffix 2. Pers. Sgl. mask.〉〉
    (unedited)
    -2sg.m

    ḫꜣꜥ
    verb
    de
    übriglassen
    (unedited)
    V(infl. unedited)

    sde.ṱ
    substantive_masc
    de
    Schwanz
    (unedited)
    N.m(infl. unedited)

    =f
    personal_pronoun
    de
    〈〈Suffix 3. Sgl. mask.〉〉
    (unedited)
    -3sg.m
With commentary
de
Töte keine Schlange und laß (dann auch noch) ihren Schwanz übrig!
Dating (time frame):
Hellenistische Zeit
Author(s): Günter Vittmann; with contributions by: AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache (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: AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache (Data file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest revision: 06/26/2015)

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