_mu-ni-ib-( )-ne-ne_: strangely enough the verb seems to be omitted in the sentence of this line. Perhaps the omission is due to scribal error. _mu_ is a verbal prefix of the third person here (see on line 18). _ni-ib_ is a verbal infix (see MSL. p. XXXIII). The infixes are generally personally indeterminate. They incorporate, between the verbal prefixes that represent the subject and the verb, the object in pronominal form, whether it be direct or indirect. _ni-ib_ really equals “before it”. The translation disregards _ni-ib_ for the sake of smoothness. _ni_ (see on line 13). _ib_ stands to _ni_ as postposition to pronoun. The sign for _ib_ is old Babylonian; it is really composite and signifies “side”. _ne-ne_ is a personal pronoun of the third person (see ASK. p. 139). _ne_ is syllabic here (see _de_, line 6, about its ideographic value; also _lam_, line 21). 22. _ḥu-e an-na ḥa-e ṭú-ra šà-nì ma-ni-ib-si_ The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea are filled with fear of thee! _ḥu-e_ equals _i⋅⋅uru_, “bird”. _ḥu_: simple _ḥu_ is used elsewhere for _i⋅⋅ûru_. The sign MUŠÊNNU here is old Babylonian. The archaic form is supposed to be the picture of a bird in flight. _mušên_, another value of MUŠÊNNU, also means “bird”. _e_ is not a necessary part of the word, being here only a vowel of prolongation probably indicating the definite article (see lines 3 and 14). _an-na_ (see on line 18). _ḥa-e_ equals _nûnu_, “fish”. _ḥa_ alone equals _nûnu_ (see on line 21). _e_ serves the same purpose as in _ḥu-e_. _ṭú-ra_ equals _apsû_, “sea”. _ṭú_ alone equals _apsû_ (Br. 10217). _ra_ may be taken as a sign of the genitive (see on line 3). _šà-nì_ equals “in the midst of fear”. _šà_: ŠÂGU, with the value _šà_, equal to _libbu_ or _kirbu_, is one of the few Sumerian prepositions. It precedes its object as a noun in the construct state, _nì_ (see on line 18). _ma-ni-ib-si_ consists of prefix, infix and verb. _ma_ is not a very common verbal prefix. It is indeterminate, but the sense requires the third person (see MSL. p. XXIV). _ni-ib_ is second person here (see on line 21). _si_: the most common meaning of _si_ is _malû_, “fill”. The sign is Babylonian and can be found either in the Code of Ḥammurabi or the Cyrus Cylinder. 23. _a-a ^dimmer Mu-ul-lil-li da-da maḥ mu-e-gin sag-e-zi si-ba-e e-nab_ O father Bêl, in great strength thou goest, the head of life, the shepherd of the stars! _a-a ^dimmer Mu-ul-lil-li_ (see on line 2). _li_ is merely phonetic complement. We might give it an ideographic value and connect it with _da-da_ and render “abundant in strength”. The common meaning of LILÛ is _rašû_, “abound”. With the value _gub_, however, it means _ellu_, “bright”. The sign is old Babylonian, yet quite different from the archaic linear form. _da-da_ means “strength” (see on line 16).