_ama_: the meaning for AMMU with the value _ama_ is _rîmu_, “bull”. AMMU may mean “lord”, _bêlu_ (Br. 4543). In the sign AMMU we have the hieroglyphs for the bull’s head and the mountain combined. In the oldest Babylonian form, of course, lines are used instead of wedges. In Assyrian the sign has been reduced to two horizontal wedges placed before the sign DÛGU. AMMU represents “the bull of the mountains”. In line 9 we shall have the sign GUṬṬU which represents “the bull not of the mountains”, i. e. “the domestic bull” or “the ox”. The sign is the same in form as AMMU, except that the little inside wedges representing the mountains are wanting. _erim-na_: _erim_ is taken to be the right value rather than _laḥ_, because of the following _na_ which serves as a phonetic complement, _m_ and _n_ being closely related because of their similar indeterminate nasal qualities. _erim_ affords a meaning that seems to suit the context. _erim_ must be equal to the Assyrian _⋅âbu_ which must like the Hebrew _⋅ābā_ have in it the idea of “service”. Such expressions as the following bring out the idea of “service”. _erim-bal-ku-a_, “slave employed at the water wheel” (OBTR. Plate 91, Obv.). _erim-bal-gub-ba,_ “slave who carries a hatchet” (OBTR. Plate 17, Obv.). A common meaning for _erim_ is “warrior”, but the warrior as a soldier rather a general. Then from the idea “soldier of the enemy”, we come to the idea “enemy”, which seems to be the meaning here. _na_, while serving phonetically, is also here a pronominal suffix. _di-di_ can equal _kašâdu_ (Br. 9529 and 9563). The judgment implied by _di-di_, accordingly, may be that executed on an enemy. _di-di_ is more than pronouncing sentence. It is inflicting the punishment. _di_ may be a value borrowed from the Assyrian _dânu_, “to judge”, but this is uncertain, as such an occurrence implies Semitic influence which could not have amounted to much if this hymn was written at a very early period. 8. _a-a ^dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-nê-la ma-ma_ O father Bêl, the power of the land! _ù-nê-la_ equals noun _ù-nê_ = _emûḳu_, “power” and phonetic complement _la_. _ù_: IGI-DIBBU might be confounded with ḤUL. It is rather carelessly written here. _ù_, we have seen in line 1, may mean “lord” in the sense of being “elderly”. _ù_ might mean “mountain”; if so it would be in the sense of being an “ancient mountain”. _ù_ here, however, must be an abstract prefix (MSL. p. XVII). _ù_, for example, is used as such a prefix with _tu_, _ù-tu_ being equal to “offspring” (Br. 9470). _nê_: PIRIḲḲU in passing from the old Babylonian form which we have in our text meets with much change. The form in our text comes near to being that of the oldest known. Even in Ḥammurabi it begins to take the form of the Assyrian PIRIḲḲU (see CḤ. XLIV. 24. Plate LXXXI). PIRIḲḲU with the value _gir_ which is EK for the ES _ner_ is the common sign for “foot” (Br. 9192). With the meaning of “power” it generally has the value _nê_ (Br. 9184).