See $ 18 and chap. v

4. Probably referring to Az which means both « greediness » and « serpent ». It is, however, possible to read « Gôkîhar the serpent burns in », etc., and there can be no doubt that Gôkïhar is represented as a malevolent being,

5. Or, perhaps, « hiding-place ». Comparing K26 and M6 together the word seems to be alôm, which may be compared with Heb, Don « a vault », or chald, N20N « a porch »; it it may, however, be vàälôm, which may be traced to nby « to conceal ». In the old MSSit is cerlainly not shôlman, « hell », which is an emendation due to the modern copyin Paris.