ma-al, phonetically written for mal, is an ending which adds to šêr the idea of “having”; hence še-ir-ma-al means “having rule”.
ma: we shall find MAMÛ used mostly as a noun, but it may occur as a verbal prefix or as a phonetic complement.
al: the sign has only one value, al, whose use is principally syllabic. The sign-name is ALLU.
nì-te-na: nì-te is the main word with na as a suffix.
nì-te: nì and te stand related to each other as object and cognate verb, meaning “fear a fear”. The affinity of nì and te is shown by the fact that the sign for nì, called IMMU, may have the value tu (see Br. 8355), then the object and verb would be tu-te, “fear a fear” (see Fossey in JA., 1905, p. 128). nì-te may mean “self” just as nì may stand not only for “fear” but for that which causes fear as Rammânu, “the storm-god”, and then by way of erroneous association for ramânu, “self”.
nì: the sign IMMU is one of the principal signs that originally denoted “the quarter of the heavens”. It is used to signify “storm” and many ideas connected with storm.
te: TÊMMÊNU originally meant “orientation”, then “to approach hostilely”; hence nì-te meant “approach of storm”.
na is an indeterminate suffix, but the context shows that it means “thy”, so that nì-te-na means “thyself” (see na above).
[2.] dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un na-àm-zu-ka ... še-ir-ma-al nì-te-na
O Bêl, lord of wisdom, ........ supreme by thyself!