Cyrus H. Gordon transliterates an Ugaritic text concerning the marriage between goddess Nikkal and god Yarah; uses the Ugaritic for "virgin" and "young woman" in parallel to one another.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Cyrus H. Gordon Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Ancient
- Reference
Cyrus H. Gordon, Ugaritic Textbook (Analecta Orientalia 38; Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1965), 183
- Scribe/Publisher
- Pontificium Institutum Biblicum
- People
- Cyrus H. Gordon
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
(Text 77)
. . .
(5) tld btl[t lk]
(6) trt . lbnt hll [snnt]
(7) hl ǵlmt tld b[n ]
- BHR Staff Commentary
One translation of the passage would be:
(5) The virgin bears
. . .
Behold, the young woman shall bear a son.
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