Anticipatory emphasis
Anticipation in verbal sentences where the subject or object is in front of the sentence, is called anticipatory emphasis as is the case in non-verbal sentence, when the predicate precedes the subject.
1) In verbal sentences
A) The subject is placed at the beginning, with a resumptive pronoun substituting the word placed forward for emphasis.
mk nTr rdi.n.f anx.k
Behold, the god, he has caused you to live.
nTr is the subject brought forward for emphasis and substituted by a resumptive pronoun .f.
B) The object is placed at the beginning and also substituted by a resumptive pronoun.
snty.k di.n.i sn m sA HA.k
Your sisters, I put them as protection behind you.
C) A noun which virtually follows a preposition.
Dpt mwt ntyw im.s
The boat, those who are in it died.
D) Anticipatory emphasis by means of
ir.
The preposition r may have the meaning of ‘as to’ and ‘concerning’, and is often placed before a word which is to be emphasized.
ir Ra HqA pw n pt
As for Re, he is the ruler of sky.
Re is emphasized by placed it following the preposition.
2) In non-verbal sentences:
In this type of sentence, the subject is placed at the beginning of the sentence.
tp.f wr sy r tp n sn.f
His head, it is greater than the head of his brother.
tp.f is emphasized by placing it at the beginning of the non-verbal sentence.