stp-zꜣ

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to protect

Usage notes
Originally, the subject intervened between and, but in later times it often appeared twice, once after  and once after. By the Greco-Roman Period, it had shifted to appearing only after.

Since the Middle Kingdom, the object is sometimes attached to as a direct genitive or a suffix pronoun instead of following a preposition.

Noun

 * 1)  protector
 * 2) * 6th Dynasty, Giza, Western Cemetery, Shaft G 2188 Y, Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog (35-10-22/Cairo JE 67573), lines 1–2:
 * "egy"



Noun

 * 1) the palace or court together with its inhabitants
 * 2) the palace as a building
 * 3) a temple or part of a temple in which a god is enthroned or in which a god’s image is set up
 * 4)  the judgement hall in the afterlife

Usage notes
This term is sometimes followed by the honorific phrase.

Alternative forms
See also the Alternative Forms section under the verb above, as this noun can be written like the verb.