This may refer either to a hissing retreat or to the lowness of her national voice because of experiencing disaster. The analogy also shows how futile it was for Egyptian Pharaohs to wear a representation of the sacred snake on their headdress for supposed protection by the serpent - goddess Uatchit.
संकट आल्यामुळे ईजिप्तने सरसर आवाज करत मागे जाणाऱ्‍या सर्पासारखी माघार घेतली हे सूचित करण्याकरता किंवा राष्ट्र या नात्याने त्यांच्या मानहानीच्या संदर्भात कदाचित असे म्हटले असावे.