A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru

2.38:23. w.ttb.}ank.lhm 52
2.38:24. w.}anyk.tt 53
2.38:25. by 54 .{ky.{ryt 55
2.38:26. w.ah˙y.mhk 56
2.38:27. b.lbh.}al.ysût
Letters 89
52 /lehumu/ would perhaps be the l(amed) of advantage, indicating a benefit for
the persons indicated by the suffix. It seems here to indicate the indirect
object. The writer claims to have returned all their stuff (line 21) to them.
53 tt could be related to the root twy, “to dwell,” known from Arabic, thus the
ship sits /*ta®t/ at Akko, but this appeal to Arabic seems unnecessary. tt could
be simply the numeral “two,” /tittaœ/ indicating a second ship.
54 /bi-{akkiya/, “in Akko.” The spelling by is perhaps another example of the use
of a mater lexiones, that is, the use of y as a vowel letter.
55 {ryt is either a stative verb, /*{ariyat/, or an adjective, /*{ariyati/, or a G
passive participle /*{aruyat/. The writer asserts, “We did fine, but those folks
in Acco, need to account for some things.” If two ships, then lines 10–11 need
to refer to two ships that had problems. One ended up in Tyre and is accounted
for properly, but the one in Acco, which he knows less about, is only alluded
to. “Ship” could be dual or plural and the relative dt could be /duœtu/.
56 The word mhk, “whatever,” is related to Hebrew hm, Akkadian mannam, and
Aramaic Nm, and it perhaps adds an “emphatic” k. This explanation of the form,
however, might employ the word “emphatic” too loosely and quickly to
explain an anomalous form. Perhaps the k is a 2s suffix, denoting, literally,
“Whatever to you”?