2.34-35
The Baal Cycle 2.34-35 · She grinds him and sows him
The harvest ends in the field, and the birds come.
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34𐎁𐎗𐎈𐎎𐎚𐎉𐎈𐎐𐎐𐎁𐎌𐎄
35𐎚𐎄𐎗𐎓𐎐𐎐𐎌𐎛𐎗𐎅𐎍𐎚𐎛𐎋𐎍
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
brḥm1
bi-riḥâmi
with millstoneswith two millstones
tṭḥnn2
taṭḥanunannu
she grinds him
; bšd3
bi-šadî
in the fieldin a field
tdrʿnn4
tadraʿunannu
she sows him
. širh5
šiʾrahu
His flesh
ltikl6
la-tiʾkulū
do eatthey surely eat
, with millstones she grinds him; in the field she sows him. His flesh they eat,
with millstones she grinds him; in the field she sows him. His flesh they eat,
2.36-37
The Baal Cycle 2.36-37 · Flesh cries to flesh
The scene ends with the birds, and a phrase nobody has settled.
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36𐎓𐎕𐎗𐎎𐎎𐎐𐎚𐎅𐎍𐎚𐎋𐎍𐎊𐎊
37𐎐𐎔𐎗𐎌𐎛𐎗𐎍𐎌𐎛𐎗𐎊𐎕𐎈
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
the birds; his pieces the fowl… finish off. Flesh cries out to flesh.
Millstones, then sowing: the order of a grain year turned on its head, because Death is ground first and sown after. Then the birds eat what is left.