Key to § 42 from Ockinga

• (1)

  rm.w im
  Fish was there.

  Note: See § 115 for the meaning of adverb im.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, p. 52:
  
  rmw im Hna Apdw
  vissen waren daar, en vogels
  • Graefe, p. 47:
  
  rm(y.w).w im Hna Apd.w
  Fische gab es dort und Vögel

• (2)

  ^imn(.w)-m-Hb
  Amun is in the festival. [sentence name]

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 12, 3:
  
  ^imn-m-Hb
  Amon-is-in-feest [eigennaam]

• (3)

  iw m(w)t m Hr=i min mi sti antyw
  Death is in my face today like the smell of myrrh.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 12, 1:
  
  iw m(w)t m Hr.i min mi sTi antyw
  de dood is heden in mijn aangezicht als de geur van mirre

• (4)

  iw it=f m Xnw aH=f
  While his father was in the interior of his palace.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, p. 53:
  
  iw it.f m-Xnw aH.f
  terwijl (daarentegen) zijn vader in zijn paleis was (achterbleef)

• (5)

  iw nA m sbA.yt
  This is a teaching.

  Note: The grammar in the book does not justify translating nA in the singular. See however p. 86 of Gardiner.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 93:
  
  iw nA m sbAyt
  this is an (lit. as an) instruction.

• (6)

  ti Hm=f Ds=f Hr xtm iAb.ty n dmi pn
  while his Majesty himself was upon the eastern gate of this town.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 96:
  
  ti Hm.f Ds.f Hr xtm iAbty
  lo, His Majesty was himself in the eastern fortress.

• (7)

  bA=i Hna=i ib=i m X.t=i XA.t=i m tA
  while my soul is with me, my heart is in my torso, and my corpse is in the ground [lit. in the land].

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 12, 4:
  
  bA.i Hna.i ib.i m Xt.i XAt.i m tA
  terwijl mijn ba-ziel met mij is, mijn hart in mijn lichaam is, en mijn lijk in de grond is

• (8)

  nn wn nx st m tA pf n ^nhrn
  There was no one who protected them in that land of Naharin.

  Note: Translation of st by "them" is not justified by the grammar in the book; see however § 46 of Gardiner. The form nx, "one who protects", is a participle; see § 102.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 35, 7:
  
  nn wn nx st m tA pf
  niet was er iemand die hen hielp in dat land

• (9)

  n is aba im
  and without boasting there.

  Note: The grammar in the book does not explain the negation by means of n or n is instead of nn, despite § 43b, which deals with personal pronouns. Gardiner (§ 120) translates n is before a sentence with adverbial predicate by "not indeed". Loprieno (section 5.7) argues that nj-js indicates contrariety; his examples on p. 128 suggest the translation above.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 97:
  
  n is aba im
  there is indeed no boasting therein.

• (10)

  nn wi m Hr.y-ib=sn
  I was not in their midst.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, p. 52:
  
  nn wi m-Hr-ib.sn
  ik was niet temidden van hen
  • Graefe, p. 52:
  
  nn wj m-Hr-jb=sn
  Ich war nicht in ihrer Mitte (d.h. bei ihnen)

• (11)

  iw it=i m waw n.y nsw bi.ty ^sqni-n-^ra.w
  while my father was officer of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Sekenenre.

  Note: For a translation of nsw bi.ty, see § 150.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 12, 5:
  
  iw it.i m waw n nsw-bity ^sqn-n-^ra
  mijn vader was soldaat van de koning van Boven- en Beneden-Egypte Sekenenre

• (12)

  isT wi m tp n.y mSa=n
  while I was head of our army.

  Cf:

  • Zonhoven, Oefening 12, 2:
  
  isT wi m tpy n mSa.n
  ik nu was aanvoerder van ons leger