ḫntj-jmntjw

Etymology
, plural of.

The word is first attested in the tombs of First Dynasty kings Den and Qaa, where it is associated with the dead kings. However, there is no certain evidence that it referred to a separate deity (rather than being an epithet for other deities) until the second half of the Fifth Dynasty.

Proper noun

 * 1) Foremost of the Westerners, an epithet used for various gods of the dead such as Osiris and Anubis
 * 2) Khentiamentiu, a god of the dead and patron god of the necropolis at Abydos