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The Egyptian Book of the dead

Note 30 — Part II.

P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation

Who liftest an arm, , not ‘amener son bras.’ , like the Greek φέρειν, means bear in the sense of holding up, supporting. 240When it signifies bring the collateral notion of motion is imported from the context. The god Shu, who is called , holds up, supports, the sky, but does not bring it. The god who holds up his arm, is of course the ithyphallic Amon[132] , who in Ch. 17 is identified not only with Horus but with Osiris.

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