_maḥ_ has three common Assyrian equivalents, _ma’adu_, “many”, _rabû_, “great” and _⋅îru_, “high”. _maḥ_ here equals _rabû_. There is still another Assyrian equivalent, _maḥḥu_ which must be a loanword in Semitic. _mu-e-gin_ as prefix, infix and verb means “he indeed goes”. _mu-e_ (see on line 18). _gin_ is a value of the sign ARAGUBBÛ (see _ê_, line 15). _sag-e-zi_ equals “head” (line 5) plus vowel of prolongation (line 3) and “of life” (line 4). ZÎTU equals _napištu_ as well as _imnu_ and _kînu_. _si-ba-e_ divides into _siba_ and _e_. _si-ba_ is the same as _siba_ (line 5), only here the word is given syllabically rather than ideographically. _e_ is a vowel prolongation (as in line 3). _e-nab_ is naturally treated as though _e_ were a vocalic prefix and _nab_ the root. _e_ as an abstract prefix, no doubt, is possible (MSL. p. XVII). _nab_: instead of NABBU, perhaps the sign is ANA-ÊŠŠÊKU with the last component omitted; then the value should be _mul_, equal to _kakkabâni_, “stars”, and the clause reads: “shepherd of the stars”. _e_ may equal _mû_ “water” (see line 14), and _nab_ may equal _šamû_, “heaven”; then we have the reading: “shepherd of the water of heaven”. 24. _ù-mu-un ka na-àm-gá iz-ba eri ga mu-e-gin gín si-ti šù-me-a_ O lord, the mouth of production thou openest, as a prolific city thou goest, the reed of the fulness of life thou art! _ù-mu-un_ (line 1). _ka_: KÂGU here is a noun with the value _ka_ equal to _pû_, “mouth”, (Br. 538). The sign originally represented the head, and its first meaning was _gu_ equal to _ḳibû_. The sign is old Babylonian (see on lines 1 and 4). _na-àm-gá_ is a noun. _na-àm_ is an abstract prefix (line 1). _gá_ equals _šakânu_, “cause to be”, (Br. 5421). The sign is PISANNU. We have had the sign phonetically represented by _ma-al_ (line 11) used as a suffix. Here _gá_ is not a suffix, but the root. _iz-ba_ is a verb. _iz_ is an indeterminate prefix, shown by the context to be of the second person. _ba_ equals _pitû_, “open”. The sign is old Babylonian. The archaic form of the sign signified “divide”. _eri_ (see on line 13). _ga_ (see line 12). _ga_ can be used as an adjective meaning “prolific”, one of the derived ideas of _ga_ as “milk”. _mu-e-gin_ (see line 23). _gín_ equals _ḳanû_, “reed”. The sign is sometimes followed by the phonetic complement _na_. The sign is old Babylonian. _si_ equals “fulness” (see on line 22). _ti-šù_ means “unto life”. _ti_ (see line 16); the sign here, however, really resembles BALA which primarily means “breaking into”. Then we have the derived meaning _palû_, “weapon”, then “insignia of royal authority”, and consequently “rule”, “government”. If we read _bal_ instead of _ti_, then Bêl is “a full reed unto royalty”, which makes little sense. _šù_ (see line 15). _me-a_ is the same as _me-en_ (see on line 16). _a_ is phonetic (see on line 9).