Sárospataki Füzetek 17. (2013)

2013 / 1-2. szám - TANULMÁNYOK - Doedens, Jacob J. T.:Ókori izraelita politeista feliratok: Aséra mint JHVH felesége?

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The first inscription is illegible, the second one, apparently describing a theoph- any, reads in the reconstruction26 provided by Zevit:

1. bzrh . 7. br['sy hrm27

2. wymsn hrm[ kdng tbtb28

3. wydkn . gbnm[ bhr bsn

4. wsds. 'ly[

5. Ibrk. b'l. bym mlh[mh

6. lsm[] 'I. bym milh[mh29

Zevit translates this reconstruction as follows:

1. “And in the shining forth of El at the he [ad of the mountains

2. And the mountains will melt [like wax beneath him

3. And the knolls will be crushed [in Mount Bashan

4. And six on[

5. to bless Baal on the day of w[ar

6. to the name of El on the day of w[ar”30

The third inscription reads in reconstructed form:

1. t]’rk. ymm wysb 'w[. wyjtmv. l[y]hwh[.]tymn. wl[] 'srt[

2. ]hytb. yhwh. hty[mn 731

and is translated by Zevit as,

26 The reconstruction is made by Z. Meshel, cf. Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel, 372 nt. 42 and 43, about the differences among published transliterations.

27 For a similar wording, see Deut 33:2.

28 For a similar phrasing, see Mic 1:3—4.

29 Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel, 372.

30 Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel, 372—373.

31 Zevit, The Religions of Ancient Israel, 373.

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