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'to direct the just' 'o
(ki) e-bi ba-e-da-bi,
especially §§ 97-98.
THE VERB 125
é-gi-ni-da, 'to establish the temple ". umma­
, Umma- in its trespassing this canal '3. See
§ 181. The simple verbal root is also employed as a participle in Participleo
both active and passive senseso ama gen, 'begetting mother' 4. a-ma-ru
ziga, , the on-rushing storm ' 5. dingir mes-lam-ta-é-a, 'the god arising
from Meslam', a title of Nergal. d·im-dugud-(musen) an-sár-ra sig
gí-gí, ' the Zu-bird gleaming in the expanse of heaven ' 6.
More common is the passive participle. é-an-na gul-a-bi-sú, 'unto
Eanna destroyed '7. galu é-dü-a-ge, 'he of the completed temple', i. e.,
, the builder of the temple' 8. á-sum-ma,' strength begifted '. mu-dug
sd-a, 'called by a good name'o
é d·babbar-dím kalam-ma é-a gud-gal-dím íS-bar-ra gub-ba zal­
til ka-zal-dím ukkin-ni silj-a gar-sag-slg-ga-dím dug-li il-a ü-di-ne gub­
ba é-ninnü lri-bi gí-a-ba donin-gir-su zag-sal, 'the temple arising in
the land like the sun, founded in revealed wisdom like a great ox,
enlightening the multitude like the joyous life-giving light, bearing
magnificence like a radiant mountain, founded for visions of admiration,
Eninnu restored to its plaee, oh Ningirsu extol it'". \Ve have here six
participles all in the obligue case, agreeing with the noun é-a, exterior
object of the eompound verb zag-sal' o. Notiee here that the active parti­
ciples sig-a and íl-a govern the status rectus, ulfkin-ni and clug-li, with
the full force of a finite verbo gisginar zagin-clú il-a-na lugal-bi ursag
d.ningirzu d·babbar-ám mu-gub, 'in his chariot bearing splendid lapis
lo GudoCyl. B 6, 11,
20 Ibid., 13.
3. SAK. 18 col. V 37 f.
4. SBP. 12 re,. 2; 32, 26.
5. Ibido, 38,17.
60 Gud. Cyl. A 11, 30
7. SBP. 28, 570
8. Cyl. B 13, 14.
9. Gud. Cyl. A 30, 6·14.
10. Compound verb of the first class.