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"Handwörterbuch" vs. "Wörterbuch"

Can anyone help me with a German language question, please?

I've just bought a dictionary of the ancient Egyptian language which translates from Egyptian into German (all the best Egyptian dictionaries are published in German!). The title of the dictionary is:

Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch - Deutsch (2800 bis 950 v. Chr.)

I know that this means something like "Big Dictionary Egyptian - German", but what is the difference in meaning between the word "Handwörterbuch" and "Wörterbuch", which I've always known as the usual German word for "Dictionary". My German dictionary doesn't have the word "Handwörterbuch" in it, and "Google Translate" doesn't know, either .

Can anyone help me understand the meaning of the word, please?

Thanks!
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