Note 137 — Chapter CXXVI
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
Such is the real meaning of , not only in this place, but in the extremely ancient text found on many sarcophagi and already in the Pyramid Texts (see Pepi I, 33), , “Thy mother Nut bringeth it to pass that thou risest into full strength, without an adversary, in thy name of the Strong one.”
In this translation it is assumed that the second is the negative , as it was always understood in later times (see for an instance Zeitschr., 1869, p. 51, and the beautiful text of Bakenrenf, Denkm., III, 263).
The true meaning of is not simply ‘this god’ but ‘the Strong one,’one,’ ὁ Ισχύων. is the ‘Strong and Beautiful;’ is אל שׁדי, ὁ Παντοκράτωρ.
