sšm

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛʃɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: seshem

From sšmj (“to lead, to guide”).

 m

1. guidance, direction, conduction
2. written instruction specifying how something is to be done
3. assignment, task to be carried out
4. conduct, behavior
5. situation or state of affairs at a particular place
6. (in calculations) division, distribution [Middle Kingdom]
7. a secret form in which gods manifest in the Amduat (in contrast to their proper bodies)

 m

1. whetstone

 m

1. butcher [Old Kingdom]

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 289.10–290.4, 290.12–291.5, 291.19–291.22, 292.6–292.7, 292.9–292.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 247
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 149, 344.