2.28-29
The Baal Cycle 2.28-29 · Like a cow for her calf
The poet gives Anat’s grief its picture, from the farmyard.
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28𐎋𐎍𐎁𐎀𐎗𐎃𐎍𐎓𐎂𐎍𐎅𐎋𐎍𐎁
29𐎘𐎀𐎚𐎍𐎛𐎎𐎗𐎅𐎋𐎎𐎍𐎁
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
klb1
𐎋k𐎍l𐎁b1
ka-libbi
Like the heartlike a heart
arḫ2
𐎀a𐎗r𐎃ḫ2
ʾarḫi
of a cow
lʿglh3
𐎍l𐎓ʿ𐎂g𐎍l𐎅h3
la-ʿiglihā
for her calf
, klb4
𐎋k𐎍l𐎁b4
ka-libbi
like the heartlike a heart
ṯat5
𐎘ṯ𐎀a𐎚t5
ṯuʾati
of a ewe
limrh6
𐎍l𐎛i𐎎m𐎗r𐎅h6
la-ʾimmerihā
for her lamb
, km7
𐎋k𐎎m7
kama
sojust so
lb8
𐎍l𐎁b8
libbu
the heart
Like the heart of a cow for her calf, like the heart of a ewe for her lamb, so [is] the heart
Like the heart of a cow for her calf, like the heart of a ewe for her lamb, so [is] the heart
2.30-31
The Baal Cycle 2.30-31 · She seizes Death
The longing turns to action in one word: tiḫd, “she seizes”.
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30𐎓𐎐𐎚𐎀𐎘𐎗𐎁𐎓𐎍𐎚𐎛𐎃𐎄
31𐎁𐎐𐎛𐎍𐎎𐎎𐎚𐎁𐎈𐎗𐎁
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
of Anat for Baal. She seizes the son of El, Mot. With a blade
↔ echoes in other books:·
The sentence runs on into the next lines: “so is the heart of Anat for Baal.” Three hearts, built up in a ladder of equal phrases, the way Hebrew poetry builds its lines too. Readers of the Psalms will recognise the habit: say it once, then say it again a little differently.