Dec.3] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1889.kanu,"to be or become firm,stable,right,""to order, arrange,adorn,
correct,"etc. ; Simtu, " ordinance,""lot,""fate"; zikaru, " male,man."
To ^y|^, ga, gi, gin, belonggi, apdlu, "answer";dahli, "to
butt,""thrust,""approach" (Hebrew Pim);ekimu,"to seize,""take";
kalti, "to close" (a door), "tostop,hinder, restrain"; "shut in or
out"; mahdlu, "todishonour, defile"(ChaldeeandSyriacuse);
nakdmu, "to heap up";7takaru,"to be other, hostile," "toalter,"
etc.;naSii, "tolift up, bear," "take," etc.; paSdhu, "to soothe,
appease, calm, set at ease " ; sahdru, " to go or turn round,sur
round";paqddu, "to oversee," "lookafter," "takecareof"; "to
entrustto," "to put in charge," "appoint" ; sab/}, " to be satiated, filled
with food" ; Sabdru, " to break " ; iabdtu, " to strike," " smite,"
" kill " ; Sal&mu, " to be whole, unimpaired, sound" ; "to repay,
reward, prosper"; "tofinish, end, complete"; iandnu, "to
contend with, rival" ; tebd, " to approach, comeupon, attack" ;
'uru,"to send, inform,direct";G1-in,amtu,"a maid," "handmaid";
gi-gi,pitaSa pant, "opening, i.e., uncovering, of the face"; gi-me,
a maid, femaleslave(kinatu),etc., etc. All these meaningsbelong
alsoto the Chinese soundsenumeratedabove.
I will take the Chinese termsin their order,as they are given in
the dictionary.
JAN{old soundnien).z/ian,"to burn." Accadiangi,* "fire";V, gin,
"bright"; za-gin; mul, na-
bdtu, " to shine " -J]^f, di,
ditto; DV'fire";m, "fire";
$■ NTN, "to kindle"; za,
"bright"; zal, "to shine";
kili, hakkabu, "a star"=
mul,do.
- (Gi-bil, bil-gi,"fire,""thefire-god,""burning,"kiltitu. gi-bil-lal=
reed+ fire + full = diparu, "torch": vid. Jensen, Z.K. II, 52). Didnot
Prometheusbringdownfire from heavenin a reed, or hollowfennelstalk? But
the roots GAR,gub,gud,GU§," to be bright," andthe form Dft, " fire," which
perhapswe see in diparu =d£+ bir, cp. ki-bir = gi-bil, seemto point to a
homophoneGI, " fire."
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