For a possible context, see a similar passage in KBo 4.6 obv. 16´-18´; rev. 21´-23´ (Prayer to Lelwani for Gaššuliyawiya). There, the matter concerns an illness of the Queen, and the “separation” is understood in ritual terms – to detach the illness and carry it away (see
Rieken E. 1999a, 109).