The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

En* I iii-iv FIRST COPY 157
L. 15. The infinitive HS^X^I, dependent on VHl&l, is replaced by a finite form in C and
E; also in S which, however, transfers this phrase to the end of verse 2.—[HDIPD]! ni&*in
in En*, XDDB^D^I KriB^nn^ in En^, are translated by the Greek ^A/OJITA/CCTW Kal CVAOTSA?
(eliraoiSds C).-—Does pi^orofila 'cutting the roots, gathering the medical plants' translate
j^'t&nE? (or »p'7a) yopa?
LI. 16-17 (^^- 7-
the first part of this verse the Aramaic text is the same as that of C
and E; the second part has been omitted in the common archetype of C and E, perhaps by
homoeoarcton: (^otrives .. .> OMVC? = ''T . • . "'l. S adds in the first part the information about
the three categories of giants, borrowed from Jub. 7: 22, and it shortens the second part: koI
RJAAV av^avofjLcvoi Kara rrjv fieyaXciorrjra avrcjv. The exact formulation of this verse in the
original remains uncertain, because the placing of a small fragment in En^ i ii 21 is open to
question. Anyhow nS7*lK
]*'l^*'na IIH [''1] of En* i iii 16/17 seems to have been
completed by nn]nn^[''D] of En^ I ii 21, a phrase which gives an excellent parallel colon
to [innVS^D ]''3nnai], preserved, but slightly mistranslated in S. The meaning is that the
giants in their childhood and their youth had voracious appetites according to their stature.
LI. 17-18 (En. 7: 3). The phrase ^12 ^aS7 is shortened in C, TOWS' KOTTOvs rdv
dvTTOJv, and paraphrased in E, 'all the fruit of the labour of men*.
LI. 18-19 (En. 7: 4). Oi yiyavres iroXfirjaav CTT' avrovs Kal KareaSloGav rovs dvTTovs in C
(± = E) abridges the original text 'and the giants began to plot to massacre the men and to
devour them*.
LI. 19-21 (En. 7: 5). Line 19 seems too short in En*: should one add a synonym for 'to sin' ?
The reference to reptiles and fish is more developed in the Aramaic text than in the versions.
LI. 21-2 (En. 7: 6). C and E omit the second hemistich, a part of which remains in En^.
L. 23 (En. 8: i). See the Table below, in the commentary to En* i iv 1-5 (En. 8: 3).
4QEn'' 1 iv—En. 8:3-9: 3, 6-8 (PI. IV)
margin
; xnira'? »nn fpi< ^aain yupoi ij-ian nrn ^xair^s 3 1
[ fpii ^mi fpa '?xj?-i3 ]^]i2^im i»tj-im I&C;[D]
[ SIX «i'?K fipnsnx rP'-'T '>vfm TaDiD -»n[3]
[ V)^ in'pDi ilnv^^-vm fpii '?xnnip ^mi fpn '?x^i&[att?;
; n'TlpS KS7-IX p [KirjK m]p ^arf''7fli?'7V p"^!"? r n nt^*?!"?]
; "pxlnaii '7KDn[i Vxnc?!] "PHD^S pnk [px s'n^ae? m]p p'?o
XS-IK] b5^ "7571^32? ^20 ni i[Tm xynx "757 .TQE? p
[ i'7"?57 nns73nK ]^s7aB^i]»^^"757 ''t5n[nK] n noan[i ns7ir]i rT''7»nx
; 157 ]''|?'70 K n x ^12 Dianjna 'nri[i757]n n'7i?h ]niaip nam