Note 73 — VII.—WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU
Reading edition
Footnote 73: (return) Maláma. Accented on the penult, as here, the word means to enlighten or a light (same in second verse). In the third and fourth verses the accent is changed to the first syllable, and the word here means to preserve, to foster. These words furnish an example of poetical word-repetition.