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
šmm1
šamûma
the heavens
tmṭrn2
tamṭurūna
rainthey rain
šmn3
šamna
oil
, nḫlm4
naḫalūma
the wadis
tlk5
talikū
runthey go
nbtm6
nubtama
with honey
. the heavens rain oil, the wadis run with honey.
the heavens rain oil, the wadis run with honey.
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3.18-19
The Baal Cycle 3.18-19 · Now I can rest
El wakes, laughs, puts his feet on his footstool and speaks.
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18𐎀𐎘𐎁𐎐𐎀𐎐𐎋𐎆𐎀𐎐𐎃𐎐
19𐎆𐎚𐎐𐎃𐎁𐎛𐎗𐎚𐎊𐎐𐎔𐎌
as the scribe pressed it into the clay, left to right, a small upright wedge between words
I can sit and rest, and my soul rests in my breast,
Two lines of pure plenty. When Baal was dead the land dried up; if the sky rains oil and the dry stream beds run with honey, the storm god is back. The pair recalls the Bible’s “land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8).