The Dwelling of ËIlu in BaËlu and ËAqhatu
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In an arrival formula that recurs throughout the Ugaritic epics BaËlu and ËAqhatu, the dwelling of the chief god, ËIlu, is described as encompassing, among other things, a {dd}. Scholars have understood this term in various ways, chiefly as âfield,â âmountain,â and âdefense.â I argue that the etymological rationales grounding the first two semantic analyses are unsound, and that the case for the third understanding, by far the least commonly adopted, can be strengthened by observing a Sabaic cognate that occurs together with terms for land holdings. On these grounds, I offer the English translation âpastureâ as the best approximation of the semantics of Ugaritic {dd}. This situates ËIlu as a tent-dwelling pastoralist, for which there are suggestive parallels elsewhere in West Semitic texts, including the Hebrew Bible.
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The Dwelling of ËIlu in BaËlu and ËAqhatu
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In an arrival formula that recurs throughout the Ugaritic epics BaËlu and ËAqhatu, the dwelling of the chief god, ËIlu, is described as encompassing, among other things, a {dd}. Scholars have understood this term in various ways, chiefly as âfield,â âmountain,â and âdefense.â I argue that the etymological rationales grounding the first two semantic analyses are unsound, and that the case for the third understanding, by far the least commonly adopted, can be strengthened by observing a Sabaic cognate that occurs together with terms for land holdings. On these grounds, I offer the English translation âpastureâ as the best approximation of the semantics of Ugaritic {dd}. This situates ËIlu as a tent-dwelling pastoralist, for which there are suggestive parallels elsewhere in West Semitic texts, including the Hebrew Bible.
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