WH 402

Siglum: WH 402
Transliteration: l mʿn bn ḫrg h- bkrtn w tẓr dṯʾ wḥd w nʿm b- ḥrn
Translation: By Mʿn son of Ḫrg are the two young she-camels and he was waiting by himself for the season of the later rains and may he lead an easy life in the Ḥawrān

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: WH: w tẓr dṯʾ wḥd ʿl- ʿm b-ḥrn "He was on the look-out for spring pasture. Ande he mourned for a grandfather in(the_ Ḥaurān"; MNH pp. 340-341: w tẓr dṯʾ w ḥd w h ʿm b- ḥrn - and he was waiting for the later rains but they did not come and ---- in the Ḥawrān.
Commentary: For nʿm "to lead an easy life" compare Classical Arabic naʿama "to lead an easy life (Hava 783), used here with an optative implication.

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