a-kad: perhaps this word a-kad is a loan-word from the Assyrian ekdu. It is better to take a as a vocalic abstract prefix and to consider kad as the root. There are three signs that give this value kad (Br. 1364, 1365 and 2700). The sign GADU means kitû, “clothing material” (Br. 2704 and WH. 361; see also MSL. p. 114). The context alone suggests here that some idea of power may be expected in the word a-kad. Perhaps royal power is meant, which could be symbolically represented by a garment, especially a royal robe.
za-da no doubt stands for za-e-da and would be equal to “thou thyself”, “thou indeed” (see [line 16]).
šá in Sumerian may represent the Assyrian lû, “verily”, (Br. 7047). šá, simply as a syllable, occurs above (see [line 17]).
mu-e-da-mal is a verb. mu is an indeterminate verbal prefix. Whether it is first, second or third person may be determined by the context. Here, however, the za-da of the context shows mu to be second person (see on [line 1]). e here is a verbal infix, corroborative in character (see MSL. p. XXIV, also lines [3] and [14]). da is also a verbal infix (see [line 16]). mal equals bašû, “to be”, (Br. 2238).
[19.] dimmer Mu-ul-lil u en(?) dimmer-ri-ne za-da šá mu-e-da-mal
O Bêl, very lord of gods thou indeed art!
u equals bêlu, “lord”, and is a very common ideogram for “lord” (see ù-mu-un, [line 1]). en also equals bêlu, “lord”, but evidently the text is imperfect at this point (see [line 16], on en).
dimmer-ri-ne means “gods”. ri is a phonetic complement; ne is a purely phonetic plural ending used both for nouns and verbs (see SVA. p. 69).
za-da šá mu-e-da-mal (see [line 18]).
[20.] a-a dimmer Mu-ul-lil mu-lu gu má-má-me-en mu-lu se má-má-me-en