The Egyptian Book of the dead by P. Le Page Renouf and Edouard Naville

5. _Bread._ The Egyptian word ⁂ _ta_, like its homonym ⁂, implies

something _pierced_ or _perforated_. The sacrificial cake חַלָּה in Leviticus viii, 26 has the same meaning and, like חַלִיל _a pipe_, is connected with חָלָל, _perforavit_, _confodit_, _aperuit_, _profanavit_. See _Proc. Soc. Bibl. Arch._, 1893, p. 386. ⁂ _ta_, a door or gate, and some other homonyms evidently come under the same conception; cf. _porta_ and πείρω. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLATE XXI. BOOK OF THE DEAD. [Illustration: