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Sentence ID IBUBd5GtjsOBBEH8vEfDlRa1W3w (Variant 2)

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m =tn sw ḥr ḏꜥ[r] 11, 13 [qd] 3Q leer ḥr m n tnj snḏ.w r sḫm jb

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Look, why does he seek to [create] 〈humankind(?)〉 (or: investigate the character [of people]), when the fearful man has not been distinguished from the fierce-hearted?
Dating (time frame):
19. Dynastie
Comments

  • Vgl. Fecht, Der Vorwurf an Gott, 54-57, der ṯni̯ im Sinne von "bevorzugen" übersetzt: "Seht-warum sucht-er-zu-schaffen-[Menschen], während-nicht-bevorzugt-ist-der-Scheue vor-dem-Gewaltsamen, damit-er-Kühlung-brächte auf-die-Hitze?"
    Gardiner hat mit n(n) + Infinitiv übersetzt: "... without distinguishing the timid man from him whose nature is violent."
    In Helcks Übersetzung erwartet man die Form n sḏm.n.tw=f: "..., wenn der Feigling nicht vom Tapferen zu unterscheiden ist".
    Parkinson gibt an ṯni̯ noch eine andere Nuance: "..., when the meek are not set apart from the savage".

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

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Roland Enmarch, with contributions by Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Peter Dils, Florence Langermann, Billy Böhm, Lutz Popko, Daniel A. Werning, Sentence ID IBUBd5GtjsOBBEH8vEfDlRa1W3w <https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/sentence/IBUBd5GtjsOBBEH8vEfDlRa1W3w>, in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 19, Web app version 2.2.1.1, 3/6/2025, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils on behalf of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig (accessed: 6/21/2025)
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