Then the lord took up the cyclone, his great weapon;

For his chariot he mounted the stormwind, the incomparable, the terrible one.”

His chief weapon is the wind and a net, with which he will entangle Tiâmat. He approaches Tiâmat and challenges her to a combat.

“Then Tiâmat and Marduk, the wise one of the gods, came together,

Rising for the fight, approaching to the battle:

Then the lord spread out his net and caught her.

He let loose the Imḫullu in his train at her face,

Then Tiâmat now opened her mouth as wide as she could.

He let the Imḫullu rush in so that her lips could not close;

With the raging winds he filled her womb.