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dubious translations

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Does anyone know if other scholars have taken a crack at these plaster fragments? I think I'm going to remove or improve this translation, but I'm backing it up here for now.

Meshel 3.9

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(1) ...lyhwh htmn wlʾšrth
(2) ...kl ʾšr yšʾl mʾš ḥnn wʾm pth wntn lh yhw[h]
(3) klbbh

(1) ...to Yahweh of the Teman, and to his Asherah,
(2) ...all which he asks from a man he will give generously. And if he entices, Yahwe(h) shall give to him
(3) his wish(es).[1] Temerarius (talk) 20:10, 16 December 2023 (UTC) Temerarius (talk) 20:10, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You have not indicated a reason for removal. You also can't add your own translation unless you first publish it in a reliable source. We allow editor-translations of modern languages, but for ancient languages that is too far into WP:NOR territory. By all means find alternative published translations and compare them. Zerotalk 07:33, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Kuntillet Arjud inscriptions are most likely in the Paleo-Hebrew script, not in Proto-Canaanite or Proto-Sinaitic. INFIYNJTE (talk) 23:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Allen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).