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Jastrow, Morris
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[1051] A solar deity. See p. 99.
[1052] Ishum.
[1053] See above, p. 501.
[1054]I.e., seven. A collective personification of the seven evil spirits.
[1055] Ishum.
[1056] IIR. 51, 19c and 4a. Khashur is also used as a name for the cedar. See Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 295a.
[1057] The one published by the writer.
[1058] Hammurabi is the conqueror of Palestine mentioned in Gen. xlv. under the name Amraphel. See, e.g., Hommel, Altisraelitische Ueberlieferung, p. 106.
[1059] Num. xxi. 14. The 'song of Deborah' (Judges, v.) belongs to this collection. For further specimens of Babylonian war-songs, see Hommel, ib. pp. 180-190,—all dealing with the memorable Hammurabi period.
[1060] K. 1282, Harper, ib., pp. 432 seq., and King's fragment, Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, xl. 60, 61.
[1061] The gods of vegetation are mentioned.
[1062]I.e., give wisdom to the one who honors me.
[1063] Text 'Dibbarra.'
[1064] See above, p. 114.
[1065] As Mr. King has shown (Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, xi. 53). See above, p. 269.
[1066] Deut. vi. 9.
[1067] See p. 483.
[1068] See p. 263.
[1069] See p. 525.
[1070] See p. 420, 428.
[1071] See pp. 439 seq.
[1072]I.e., En-lil's.
[1073]I.e., 'the bond of heaven and earth,' the name probably of a temple-tower in Nippur, sacred to En-lil.
[1074] Zu's heart. These two lines are repeated.
[1075] The word Kissu applies more especially to the dwelling places of the gods. Delitzsch, Assyr. Handwörterbuch, p. 349b.
[1076] Zu.
[1077] See e.g., Ward, Seal Cylinders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 12.
[1078] Ramman.
[1079] These two lines are repeated.
[1080] The thunderbolt.
[1081] Cities sacred to thee.
[1082]I.e., the sacred edifices in these cities.
[1083] The lofty dwelling of the gods is here meant. See chapter xxvii.
[1084] Ideographic reading—the ideograph signifies 'shrine.' The verbal stem barâru means 'to shine.'
[1085] See p. 414.
[1086] See p. 525.
[1087] See p. 400.
[1088] It is quite possible that the line in question declares that Zu is in collusion with the eagle, against whom the serpent seeks the assistance of Shamash.
[1089] See p. 417.
[1090] It is hardly possible that the illustration on seal cylinders mentioned by Ward, ib. pp. 13, 14, represents the Zu bird brought before a deity for punishment; and certainly not before Shamash, who only enters into the story in so far as Marduk is a solar deity.