ywd-hmꜥrwk

Etymology
A compound of in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Monument of the King’. Both components are borrowings from, ultimately from 🇨🇬 and ; it may be the entire place name was directly borrowed from Semitic. The in the Egyptian form reflects a Semitic definite article: compare 🇨🇬.

Earlier hypotheses interpreting the word as ‘king of Judah’ are now largely rejected.

Proper noun

 * 1) a place hypothesized to be near Megiddo