Hieroglyphs Addenda · Signs
heart
| Name | F34 |
|---|---|
| Reads | jb |
| Means | heart |
| Taught in | 04 · Saying no |
Where it comes from
An animal’s heart with the vessel-stumps still on its shoulders — anatomy, drawn from the butcher’s block. It writes jb: the heart as Egyptians understood it, the seat of thought, intent, and loyalty — the organ weighed against the feather at the judgment.
How to remember it
The heart is a jug with two little handles — pick it up and weigh it, as the gods will. Where we say mind, memory, courage, Egyptian says jb, and draws the organ itself.
In the wild
urn:nabu:aes:bbawamarna:NW3QVVI5YRAD7F6HR5GGNDDBGA:IBUBdzTaJQptlU2SmbH7WZApCd4
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Piece by piece:
- jb≡sn — their hearts: the organ with its stroke
- fn — grow faint, weak-bird-marked
- ḥr ḏ,t≡sn — upon their bodies
Courage failing, described anatomically. The sign is taught in 102’s chapter 04.