ẖlꜣ ḫm

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning lunar phase
Literal translation little requirement, food
Variants
ẖlꜣ
ẖlꜣ(.t)
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lunar phase astral concept

Either waning or waxing of the Moon.

[nꜣ rmṯ.w nty] ỉw=w r ms.ṱ=w r ỉꜥḥ ḥr tꜣy=f ẖlꜣ ḫm

‘[The people who] are born when the Moon is in its small 'lunar phase'’

— P.Carlsberg XI 10 14

Genre: literary text
Provenance: Tebtunis
Date: 2nd Cent. CE

Quack, J. F. and K. Ryholt, 2019, Petese Interpreting Astrology by Imhotep for King Nechepsos. Copenhagen, 2019, 161-183. 165

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ẖlꜣ ḫm (Lemma #662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ẖlꜣ ḫm (Lemma #662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ẖlꜣ ḫm (Lemma #662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ẖlꜣ ḫm (Lemma #662), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac662,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ẖlꜣ ḫm ({Lemma} #662)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/662/},
}