Nov.5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCH.COLOGY. [1889." reservoir," " astern,"is a compound term; cp. pi, " to store, lay up " ;
pi, "a jar;" p'ing, "a pitcher,"7 pei, "a dam," "a pool"; p'an,
" deepdishor vessel to contain liquidsor grain"; etc, etc,and son,
" a wine vessel,an amphora"; si, sun, " to wash, bathe,"" a bathing
vessel";etc,etc
Pa = dm, "to shine," and Hat*, "height,""zenith,"and kamu,
" to collect," and na&dsu," to cut 0$" andNabu,Nebo," the pro
claimingor prophet-god."
Withpa, " to shine," cp. po, " shining, as the glare from water,"
/**, " fiery," p'an, " brilliant " (see bar and bil) ; with pa, ilatu,
"height,"/'","toclimb,"pih," high,"piao,"thetopmostbranch";
with pa, kamu, pa, "to gather,collect";withpa, "to cut off," pa,
" to leave off, finish " ; and with pa, " Nebo," pa, " sound," " the
mouthopen,"po, " to proclaim abroad,"piao," to make known,"
pu, " to publish."
An, anna, " heaven," means, I think, the canopy or covering
extendedoverthe earth, and is to be compared withChinesean,
"tocover,""tohide"; an, "the sunobscured by clouds"; an,
"dark"; an, "evening," "eclipsed"(see NGAN; old sounds, an,
ngan, am, ngam). Perhapswe may also compare at, "the sun
hiddenby clouds,""clouded" ; at, " hidden " (NGAJ) ■ and ai, " the
heavens covered and adorned withclouds," " a cloudy but bright
sky"; ai, " cloudy," " the sky covered withclouds" (AI). Underthe
sameheadwe have ai, "beautiful andluxuriantvegetation;" much
as in Accadian, anameansalso" ear of corn," and " twig or branch "
(sissinnu= D^-KD)- Cp. also ang (old sounds,ngung,yung),"to
rise higherand higher,"as the sun; ang, "great," "high"; ang,
"overflowing";ang,ang, "richand abundant,likea spring," with
ANU,Subultu,roy&," ear of corn," and"flood";yang(oldsound,
yung), " lofty, clear, manifest," " heaven" as opposed to " earth " ;
yang," to look up towards heaven" ; yen (old sounds,yin, ngin, an),
"cloudsrisingand spreading"; yen,"to overflow," "themarginof a
stream" (Subultu) ; yen, " a high bank,"" lofty," " steep" ; yen, " a
stream flowingfar,"" long, ample,extended" ; yen, " a serene clear
sky " ; yen, " pitchy black,as the sky, whichmakesa background for
stars";yen,"a spacious coveringor shelter"; yen,"thesun obscured
by clouds," "indistinct," "obscure"; andyen,"to coverover, to
hide." Yen,"sharp,""pointed,"remindsone again of anu, Subultu,
" an ear of (bearded) wheat,"spica. I think it probable, therefore,
thatthe original termfor " heaven " was gan(ngan),a view which
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