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akh
/ɑːk/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
later
PREP.
with
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noun
1
In Egyptian mythology, (roughly) a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife.
Their abode is heaven; and the Akh, by contrast with the Ba, does not retain any relation to the body.… It is a deceased, a transcendent being, without earthly or material ties; and, as such, it is the most spiritualized of the various concepts of the dead.
After spending the night asleep in their tombs, the akhs would wake each morning at sunrise and “come forth from the necropolis” to enjoy an ideal life, free from the cares of physical existence.
noun
1
Brother; a close male friend or associate.
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Their abode is heaven; and the Akh, by contrast with the Ba, does not retain any relation to the body.… It is a deceased, a transcendent being, without earthly or material ties; and, as such, it is th
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After spending the night asleep in their tombs, the akhs would wake each morning at sunrise and “come forth from the necropolis” to enjoy an ideal life, free from the cares of physical existence.
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The akh would later become the state achieved when the ba and ka are rejoined.
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