The Birth of the Gracious Gods, Lines 23: I call the gracious gods
The hymn opens with a priest calling the gods by name.
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iqraʾiqraʾuI callilmʾilīmathe godsnʿ…naʿ…the gracious…wysmmwa-yasīmīmaand the beautifulbnbanīsons ofšpšap…šp…
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Lines 23, passage by passage
- 23.1.1-2 I call the gracious gods. I call the gods, the gracious… and the beautiful, sons of šp…
- 23.1.3-4 A city on high. who give a city on high, in the wilderness, on the bare heights, ydr…
- 23.1.5-6 Eat and drink. On their heads and… Eat of any bread, and drink of any foaming wine.
- 23.1.7-8 Mot-and-Shar with his staffs. Peace, O king! Peace, O queen! O enterers and guards! Mot-and-Shar sits; in his…
- 23.1.9-10 Death pruned like a vine. the staff of widowhood. The pruners of the vine prune him, the binders of…
- 23.1.11-12 Said seven times. like a vine. Seven times it is recited at the dais, and the enterers…
- 23.1.13-14 A kid in milk. And the field is the field of the gods, the field of Athirat (Asherah)…
- 23.1.15-16 Rahmay goes hunting. And over the basin, seven times, incense… Rahmay goes off and hunts.
- 23.1.17-18 The gracious lad. She girds herself… the gracious lad. And the name of the enterers, yr…
- 23.1.19-20 Seats of the gods. The seats of the gods: eight…, seven times.
- 23.1.21-22 Lapis and carnelian. Lapis lazuli, carnelian… two singers.
- 23.1.23-24 At Athirat (Asherah)’s breast. I call the gods, the gracious… of a day, who suck the nipple of…
- 23.1.25-26 Shapash and the grapes. Shapash, mṣprt… their tendrils and the grapes. Peace, O enterers and guards!
- 23.1.27-28 The gracious sacrifice. who go with a gracious sacrifice. The field of the gods, the field of…
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