cladking Wrote:
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> You have chosen to ignore the words of the
> builders;
>
> .and did(st) spew out as Shu,
> Shu, lift N. up on high;
> Shu will draw him up
> those who have lifted themselves up like Shu are
> come
> Waters, which were brought by Shu and lifted up by
> the two sources,
> Shu, lift N. up to heaven
> Shu, thou envelope(st) all things within thine
> arms.
> Shu stands on thy fetters.
> the arms of Shu (were) under the sky as he lifted
> her up
> upon Shu of Nut ( "nut" is the sky)
> his two thighs belong to Shu and Tefnut;(One lifts
> and sets things down with one's legs/ thighs).
> Aker stands up for thee; Shu dries (lit. something
> like. "lies down," Wb. V 366) for thee. They
> tremble who see the inundation (when) it tosses;
> (Shu dries the earth by tossing the inundation.)
> Thou art Shu; thou art height, (Thou art "upward"
> not a void)
> Shu, lord of the upper mnst (the word here is
> "trajectory)
> thou art above thy father Shu
> Shu lifts me up;
>
> I didn't make these up. The pyramid builders made
> them up and Egyptologists translated them.
>
> The word that solves "shu" is "upward". From this
> the whole language opens up.

Yet when we make the experiment and substitute the word you suggested would work - it fails in the majority of the instances to fail. Falsifying your idea.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2019 11:29AM by Hans.