bꜣ

Pronunciation
Noun 1:

Noun

 * 1) working power, active power, efficacy in acting on and influencing the external world and enforcing order, especially as possessed by a god
 * 2) god, seen as possessed of such power
 * 3)  the dead, seen as possessed of such power and needing offerings to sustain it; efficacious soul, ba

Usage notes
In the earliest times, this term only appears in reference to gods and the qualities they possess. In the course of the Old Kingdom, it begins to be applied to kings, and around the end of the Old Kingdom finally starts to appear with reference to non-royal individuals.

Noun

 * 1) ram

Descendants
From :

Noun

 * 1) leopard

Noun

 * 1) leopard skin

Verb

 * 1)  to be(come) an animate, efficacious soul, to possess a ba or ba-power

Etymology 5
Perhaps from root consonants b-l.

Verb

 * 1)  dig up earth, hoe
 * 2)  destroy

Related terms

 * "to dig"
 * "to dig up"