“Sobek” in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name 𓂋𓈖 of the god 𓊹 Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

I like Sobek’s 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 name 𓂋𓈖 a lot because its phonetic and easy to spell/remember if you know the phonogram symbols! This is because Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 has kept his “Egyptian Name” and it wasn’t changed by the Greeks like some if the other deities 𓊹𓊹𓊹 such as Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣, Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓀭, Thoth 𓅝𓏏𓏭𓀭, etc. 

The “Folded Cloth 𓋴” symbol is a uniliteral phonogram that has the sound of “s.” 

The “Foot 𓃀” symbol is also a uniliteral phonogram that has the sound of “b.” 

The “Basket with a Handle 𓎡” symbol is also a uniliteral phonogram that has the sound of “k.” A lot of people get this one confused with just the “basket 𓎟” symbol which is a biliteral phonogram that has the sound “nb.” So they are very different!! 

The “Crocodile on a Shrine 𓆋” symbol is the determinative in Sobek, so in this case it is not pronounced! The symbol can also be used as an ideogram, where it would have the sound “sbk” or Sobek! 

Sobek can be written as: 

𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋

𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆍

𓆋𓏺

𓆍𓏺

Sobek 𓋴𓃀𓎡𓆋 is usually depicted as a crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 sitting on a shrine 𓐍𓊃𓅓𓂜𓉐 – just like this hieroglyph “𓆋,” or as a human body with a crocodile 𓅓𓋴𓎛𓆌 head 𓁶𓏺.