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In hieroglyphs the word for the constellation of Orion is spelled out sAH - these are three consonants, where A is a glottal stop. We can never know how this word was pronounced in the ancient Egyptian language.

The name may be connected with the word for "toe", which is spelled out in the same way, or another similar word meaning "kick".

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In hieroglyphs the name of the constellation we call Orion is sAH, where the A is a consonant not found in English. Since hieroglyphs did not record vowel sounds we can never know how this word was said.

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