READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 7 January 2014 | Page 17
To help us get at the answer to this
puzzle we need to understand how the
ancient Egyptians used body parts to
express ideas.
The symbol which sheds the most
light on to what may be the true
meaning of the symbol for sound is the
hieroglyph for “nfr” and represents
beauty.
“b”
The foot expressed movement.
“d”
The hand and the arm are used in
reference to doing something depending
on what it is holding.
If it holding a reed it is for writing,
whereas, a loaf of bread signifies an
offering, and a stick represents action or
even violence.
“r”
The symbol for mouth is above and
yet it is oddly missing in the symbols for
speaking.
”tp”
The sideways facing head refers
upon or hence.
Literally everything from the hair
on top of your head to the bottom of
your foot was used. What is not as wellknown, however, is the ancient’s use of
internal organs to express an idea.
Yes, you read right—internal
organs! LOL!
“imɜḫ ” or veneration.
Take the hieroglyph above of cow’s
ribs with the issuance or marrow above.
The ox tongue “ns” overseer.
The heart or “ib”.
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This symbol is the heart and
windpipe. Please note the long stick that
is used to denote the windpipe.
”nfr”
This means perfect, wonderful,
good, beautiful. The horned viper “f” or
“nf” and the mouth “r”.
“nfrw” perfection, splendor.
To the ancients the seat of the soul
was the heart and therefore was used in
this manner to signify beauty. Even
Nefertiti, one of the most beautiful
queens of Egypt, utilized this symbol in
her name repeatedly.
The hieroglyph below is for protect
and although we have the hand with the
reed implying there is writing involved,
such as the type written on the tomb
walls that protect the pharaoh in his
journey through the underworld, there
is also the symbol for sound. So what is
making this noise? Is it an instrument of
some type? I believe so.
I believe it’s the human voice. I
propose that the oval depicts an open
mouth and the stem a windpipe, much
like the one in beauty, which has sound
issuing forth.
Music, singing, or a chanted spell
was clearly a powerful tool to the
ancient peoples of all lands.
—Author Barbara Ivie Green
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