Reading akkadian PRayeRs & Hymns An Introduction

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READING AKKADIAN PRAYERS AND HYMNS: AN INTRODUCTION
31. d AMAR.UTU [mi]m-ma ŠÀ-bi DINGIR.MEŠ i-bar-ri
32. DINGIR a-a-um-ma ul i-lam-mad ṭè-en-šú
33. a-na ki-i kab-ta-at ŠU-su ŠÀ-ba-šú re-me-ni
34. a-na ki-i gaṣ-ṣu GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú ka-bat-ta-šú muš-neš-šat
35. ša la ŠÀ-bi-šú man-nu mì-ḫi-iṣ-ta-šú li-šap-ši-iḫ
36. e-la kab-ta-ti-šú a-a-ú li-šá-lil ŠU.II-su
Ul, “not.” Edû (idû), “to know.” Īde is preterite in form but the tense of the verb must be
derived from context.
manāma ina ilī alaktašu ul īde
Line 31: This line repeats line 29, replacing bēlum with Marduk’s name.
Marduk mimma libbi ilī ibarri
Line 32: Line 32 repeats the sense of line 30 in different words. Ayyumma, “any,”
with negative, “none, no one.” Lamādu, “to learn.” Ṭēnu (ṭēmu), “(fore)thought, plan, instruction,
understanding.” The n of this noun assimilates to the following š in the pronominal
suffix (see the normalization).
ilu ayyumma ul ilammad ṭēššu
Line 33: The unusual construction ana kī (von Soden, TUAT III/1, 117) prepares for a
contrastive comparison of Marduk’s nature in the first and second halves of each of the
following two lines. This intra-line contrast (rather than contrasting adjacent lines) has not
appeared in the hymn since lines 2 and 4. For kabtu, see line 17. For qātu, see line 9 and
note that –tš– (at the junction of the noun and suffix) changes to –ss–. Rēmēnû, “merciful.”
In lines 33–34, the first half of the line concerns instruments on the exterior of the body
that are capable of violence (hand, a bodily agent, and weapons, the hand’s instrument).
The second half describes internal body parts, representing positive intentions and/or
emotions.
ana kī kabtat qāssu libbašu rēmēnî
Line 34: Gaṣṣu, “cruel, murderous.” GIŠ.TUKUL = kakku, “weapon.” For kabattu, see
line 8. Šunuššu (Š of nêšu), “to keep alive, to sustain.” The form of the word is a participle
used predicatively (3fs). Marduk is called an ilu mušneššu in Enūma eliš VI 151.
ana kī gaṣṣū kakkūšu kabattašu mušneššat
Line 35: Ša lā, “without.” “Without his heart, mind” seems to refer to a lack of Marduk’s
consent. Mannu, “who?” Šupšuḫu (Š of pašāḫu), “to cause to rest, to pacify, to calm.”
Without Marduk’s consent, no one can avert what he inflicts.
ša lā libbīšu mannu miḫiṣtašu lišapšiḫ
Line 36: This line restates the idea in line 35 in different words. Ela, “apart from, in
the absence of.” Ayyu, “which (person)?” Šūlulu (Š of alālu), “to cause to hang,” with qātu