Nice, I’d forgotten about {lIb} : Qob lIb bam SoH chuDlI' je You and your people are in danger. (STID) Meanings confirmed at qepHom 2013: lIb be impending, be imminent, loom (v) bam face, have the prospect of having to deal with (v) chuD people, kin, member of the same group/tribe/clan (n) << And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, << Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? < 'ej tagha' repDaj lop Ha'DIbaH naQbe' < 'ej boghmeH betle'HemDaq yItlI'. [3] I’m not sure I understand {naQbe’} “un-full/un-whole” here. Perhaps {Doch} “be rude”, {Qut} “be vulgar”, {qej} “be grouchy/mean” or -- best of all --- {naH} "be hostile/malicious": ghach jIvvo' naH. DaH pIghvamDaq So''eghtaH There is a criminal hiding in these ruins. (STID) More of those new-ish words from STID confirmed at qepHom 2013: ghach lurk, lie in wait, lie low (v) jIvvo' criminal, villain, malefactor, terrorist (n) naH be hostile, malicious, unfriendly, antagonistic (v) Ooh! How about calling it (whatever it is) a personified -- or is it figurative? - {maQmIgh} “dark omen, sign of evil coming”. If not in these lines, then surely somewhere else in this evocative poem? --Voragh On Behalf Of SuStel On 6/8/2017 10:44 AM, SuStel wrote: tugh cha'DIch ghoSbej. You can't escape that this means Soon, as a second step, he surely goes. If cha'DIch absolutely must be there, you need tugh qaS pawpu'ghach cha'DIch. Ooh! How about lIb pawpu'ghach cha'DIch the Second Coming is imminent. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name