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

Literary Texts 131
32 {dn has been variously interpreted. Perhaps related
to “occupy” (from Arabic {dh), or “to prepare” (from Arabic
{dn), or Aramaic ando and Hebrew zo, “then.”
ngb originally thought to be a reference to the biblical
“Negeb,” but this seems unlikely. ngb could be interpreted as
aNparticiple or as a suffix conjugation of gbb as in Aramaic
bgg, “to gather, raked together, accumulate.”
wys}i, jussive with }i marking Ø vowel.
33 sb}i, a superlative, i.e., the elite of the army.
34 m{ “all together.”
35 }ul, compare the Akkadian awilu, “freeman,” or possibly the
Hebrew lwa, “strength.”
38 h˙pt//tnn, are apparently two categories of people; compare
Hebrew yvpj (1 Samuel 16:25) and Amarna h˙ubs¥u. Akkadian
(Alalakh) has h ups¥u, s/s¥ananu, “first born farmers,
professional soldiers” (cf. Wiseman).
39 h˙dd “storm cloud” (compare the Hebrew Myzyzj, Zechariah
10:1).
45 zbl.{rs¥m|ys¥}u has received many interpretations. Perhaps zbl
refers to “noble” (i.e., “the nobe carries beds”), or zbl as a
“young husband” who in his enthusiasm “rises from the bed.”
Parallelism with {wr, “blind” might suggest that zbl is a “sick
person.”
46 mzl|ymzl, “to grope one’s way, avoid obstacles.” Compare the
Hebrew lzm, “to fortell; fortune.”
47 trh˙, compare the Akkadian terh˙atu, “bride price,” or possibly
just “bridegroom.”
48 hdt, compare the Akkadian h˙udas¥tu, “marriage.”
ltn, perhaps “to a second one (i.e., another).” Or, from tny, “to
speak, recite” (compare Old/Late Hebrew hnv; Aramaic ynt;
cf. Judges 5:11; 11:40; Hosea 8:9).