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How do you pronounce Qebehsenuef?

The pronunciation of "Qebehsenuef" is a bit tricky because it's an Ancient Egyptian name, and we don't have a perfect system for transcribing those sounds into modern English.

Here's a breakdown of the pronunciation, based on the best estimates of how the sounds might have been pronounced:

* Qe: The "Q" is a glottal stop, like the sound at the beginning of "uh-oh." The "e" is a short, open "e" sound, similar to the "e" in "bed." So "Qe" sounds like a very short "keh."

* beh: This is pronounced like the English word "bay."

* sen: This is pronounced like the English word "sen" in "sentence."

* nuef: This is where it gets tricky. The "u" is similar to the "oo" sound in "moon," but shorter. The "e" is a short, open "e" sound like the "e" in "bed." The "f" is pronounced like the English "f." So "nuef" sounds something like a short, clipped "noo-ef."

Putting it together, the best approximation of the pronunciation is "keh-bay-sen-noo-ef."

It's important to remember that this is just an approximation, and there's no way to be completely sure how the name was actually pronounced in Ancient Egypt.

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