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Column III · El’s dream
3.4-5
The Baal Cycle 3.4-5 · El’s dream
Is Baal truly dead? El, father of the gods, will know it from a dream.
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4𐎁𐎈𐎍𐎎𐎍𐎉𐎔𐎐𐎛𐎍𐎄𐎔𐎛𐎄
5𐎁𐎏𐎗𐎚𐎁𐎐𐎊𐎁𐎐𐎆𐎚
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
bḥlm1
bi-ḥulmi
In a dream
lṭpn2
Laṭipāni
of the Kindly Oneof the Kind One
, il3
ʾIli
El
dpid4
dū-piʾdi
the Compassionatehe of the heart
, bḏrt5
bi-ḏurati
in a vision
bny6
bāniyi
of the Creatorof the builder
bnwt7
binwāti
of creatures
, In a dream of the Kindly One, El the Compassionate, in a vision of the Creator of creatures,
In a dream of the Kindly One, El the Compassionate, in a vision of the Creator of creatures,
3.6-7
The Baal Cycle 3.6-7 · The heavens rain oil
What El sees in his dream: the sign that Baal, the rain god, lives.
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6𐎌𐎎𐎎𐎌𐎎𐎐𐎚𐎎𐎉𐎗𐎐
7𐎐𐎃𐎍𐎎𐎚𐎍𐎋𐎐𐎁𐎚𐎎
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
the heavens rain oil, the wadis run with honey.
↔ echoes in other books:
El’s titles are a little creed: “the Kindly One”, “the Compassionate”, “Creator of creatures”. bny, “creator”, is the word for building, the same root Genesis 2:22 uses when God “built” the rib into a woman.