Repeating these lines emphasizes the importance of the Nile and has almost a praise like tone to it.

In Christianity, it is believed that God sent down his one and only Son to the earth to allow everyone to be saved and to get into heaven. I feel like this is kind of a parallel to that where the Nile River is like a "master of the universe" and is providing to all of Egypt like the Son of God provided for everyone.

Today, we know how large the Nile spans and this shows us that even back then that the Egypts were aware of how massive the Nile River truly was - sign of how advanced civilization actually was back then because they had awareness of other "cities" around them and a map of sorts

"the retreat" in this case is likely talking about when the water from the flood starts to recede and go back down

• circles back to the start of the poem where it talked about the river "issuing forth from the darkness" but now this time it is going back to the darkness

Keeps repeating this idea that the Nile is praised and worthy of these grand festivals, etc.

The whole country of Egypt relies on the river as its main source of water and nourishment thus when the water is low in the river, the whole country feels the effect of the lack of water.

The Nile is able to provide, not only for the rich and give them an abundance of great things, but it is also able to provide for the poor (who would typically struggle to get by) but with the graciousness of the river, they are able to thrive

providing for all species of animals/"flocks"

The Nile's "embarkment" is seen by all the Egyptians

Praising the Nile as if it was a god because they have so much respect for it

Lapis-lazuli: a deep blue stone (used for jewelry) Wheat: likely an essential food source for the Egyptians

This line is probably used to show how the Nile is able to not only provide wealth like a stone would, but also provide great nourishment for the Egyptians like wheat would

These three lines all are in line with the idea of humility, and it probably mentions this because the people see the Nile as a "humble god" because it doesn't expect anything in return such as sacrifices

referring to when the river floods

Again, this hymn continues to personify the Nile and this refers to when the Nile is more dried up (during a season of drought) saying that it is "unkind" because it is no longer providing the resources needed for the fish to prosper.

this likely indicates how it floods on its own time

Connecting the Nile to Ptah, the god of all creation, probably inferring that the Nile is able to support all of creation

This excerpt sums up the whole hymn in a way because it emphasizes the value that the people of Egypt have for the Nile river and how the river allows the whole nation to prosper.

able to support all of Egypt without the help from any other deity (such as Neith)

No deity could compare to this river

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Continues to provide for all the things in Egypt thus is considered "watching over them"

The Egyptians couldn't quite understand the "will" of this "divine power" because it was seen as so grand & above all that no human could comprehend the ways of the Nile.

Since the Nile River is a natural source, it isn't like other gods in the fact that it doesn't respond based on sacrifices or praises made by the Egyptians, but rather it does its own thing in a sense.

The power of the Nile is so grand that it cannot be represented in a tangible way/form

"Lordly bark" ---> makes me think of an embarkment via boat which would make sense in this case because there's so much water provided by the Nile that the metaphorical boat in this case would be bringing nourishment (from the Nile) by a boat on a "lordly [em]bark[ment]"

providing for all of Egypt in many aspects

Incense = a gran sacrificial element for Egyptians at the time?

Keeps referring to the Nile as some type of deity- this is likely because they valued it so much that they truly saw the Nile River as a "god"

Nun (Nu) was an Egyptian god of primordial chaos (which was basically a watery abyss)

Personifies the Nile saying that when the river is in a period of drought that people mourn the effects of that.

Connection to people here on earth to higher powers

Without the Nile, everything would suffer from lack of its sources

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Referring to the Nile as a higher power -- also saying no birds can land cause there's just so much water that the Nile provides that the land can't even be seen because it is covered by water

Ptah = God of creation & craftsmanship - The Nile as a source is able to not only provide for the natural resources, but ultimately allows society to prosper (by supporting the simplest life forms, the rest of society is benefits)

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the Nile is watering the land and is a resource for all life forms

When the Nile floods twice a year, the Egyptians celebrated because it brought such a great source of water

Egyptians don't know where the Nile came from so it is seen as a mystery to them?