The Egyptian language arms-in-embrace hieroglyph has multiple uses. It is a determinative for 'hugging', inq, "to surround", and ḥpt, "to hug".
As an
ideogram it has two meanings for
s(kh)n. Both uses are verb uses. 'Sekhen-1', with multiple spellings, and various secondary determinatives,
(
sḫn),
[1] meaning: to fold in the arms, to embrace, to contain, to hold. The second meaning, (
sḫn), spellings of,
is used to mean:
to happen, a happening, event, occurrence. (verb or noun).
Rosetta Stone, Egyptian hieroglyph section text
In the 196 BC
Rosetta Stone, a "(May there be):
Good Forture"-(i.e. "Good Luck") phrase is a
segue to the 8 listed rewards given to the honoring of
Ptolemy V, one, by erecting his
Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V) in the temple courtyard. The phrase is three-part:
ḥ'–s(kh)n–nfr,
"And a happening good ! – [may there be].
[2]
| Preceded by |
arms-in-embrace
-- --
s(kh)n |
Succeeded by |
Slab stela, multiple use of the "arms-in-embrace" for supplying provisions for the Afterlife
Statuary use of the hieroglyph
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