HU 789 e

Siglum: HU 789 e
Alternative Sigla: WHI 203 e, Eut 226 (3 copies pls 9 C, 10 A, 11A), HuIR 1, Hub pp 136, 221, 222, 626
Transliteration: h nhy s¹ʿd -n ʾlh ṯʿt
b- nhy tʿzy nm whbnhy
b- -k h- s¹{r}{r} s²ms¹
mtʿly
h rḍw nqm whbnhy
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Translation: O Nhy help me god of deliverance
In Nhy is mercy By Whbnhy
In you is happiness Sun
exalted one
O Rḍw revenge Whbnhy
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Language and Script: Thamudic B

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 2. Van den Branden: bnh(y) tʿl l lmyh bnhy rather than bnhy tʿzy nm whbnhy; Jamme: bnhy tʿhy rm ṣh brhn rather than b- nhy tʿzy nm whbnhy; Line 5. Jamme: whb nhn rather than whbnhy. TRANSLATION Line 1. Jamme: "O Nahī! S¹aʿad has envied Haṯaʿʿat". Lines 2–4. WHI 203e: "By NHY (comes) comfort. By Wahb-NHY. By thee (comes) joy, rising sun. Mtʿly. O Rḍw avenge Wahb-nhy".
Commentary: In line 1 ṯʿt is probably a substantive from the Semitic root Y-Ṯ-ʿ with the meaning of "salvation, deliverance". In Line 2, for the tentative interpretation of tʿzy compare Classical Arabic taʿzā (= ʿazwā) "Have mercy!" see Lane p.2039 a and c. For s¹{r}{r} compare Arabic s¹urūr "happiness" (Lane 1339a), and for mtʿly compare Classical Arabic mutaʿālin active participle of taʿālā "he was exalted" (Lane p. 2144a). it would be in apposition to s²ms¹.

[HuIR] Huber, C. Inscriptions recueillies dans l'Arabie centrale, 1878-1882. Bulletin de la Société de géographie 7th. series, 5, 1884: 289-303.
[Hub] Huber, C. Journal d'un voyage en Arabie (1883 -1884). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1891. pp 136, 221, 222, 626
[Eut] Jamme, A. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe V. Washington, DC: [privately produced], 1974. pp 87–88 [as Hu 789 e, f and h] Plate 10 A
[Lane] Lane, E.W. An Arabic-English Lexicon, Derived from the Best and Most Copious Eastern Sources. (Volume 1 in 8 parts [all published]). London: Williams & Norgate, 1863-1893.
[HU] The inscriptions recorded by Charles Huber as renumbered in Van den Branden, A. Les inscriptions thamoudéennes. (Bibliothèque du Muséon, 25). Louvain: Institut Orientaliste de l'Université de Louvain, 1950. No. 5–8 pp 113–116 Plate III
[WHI] Winnett, F.V & Reed, W.L. An Archaeological-Epigraphical Survey of the Ḥāʾil Area of Northern Saʿudi Arabia. Berytus 22, 1973: 53-113 and 13 plates.

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