. This, like the last two, is a name of the Nile god, who is one of the manifestations of Osiris.
[30.] Who liftest an arm,
, not ‘amener son bras.’
, like the Greek φέρειν, means bear in the sense of holding up, supporting. When 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]]