The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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preceding word, /xeroxot. The new phrase has the mascuHne subject, ot, which is in agreement
with the mascuHne form of ]1pT3n'', and recalls (rot? Trvcu/xacn) rwv dvOpcoTTOJv at the beginning
of verse 13. The pronoun avrcjv translates probably ]n^, *in regard to their (spirits)'. The first
nin ]a is omitted in C and E. By this repetition the author of the Book of Enoch emphasizes
the fact that the occupants of the fourth section of the abode of the dead, which is described in
verses 12-13 of chapter 22, will not suffer any special damage (llpTin** Hb) on the day of
judgement nor will they dwell anywhere else but here nor be transferred from here,
nin ]a ][ia''pn**, to another place in order to be condemned to a harsher and endless
punishment. In any case, fjurj fiereyepOwaLv ivrevdcv in C (*they will not rise from there' E)
does not refer in any way to the doctrine of bodily resurrection, as is generally acknowledged.
The Ethpa'al of Dip means *to remain permanent, to retain (life, etc.) lastingly', like the foliage
of certain trees which remains on them during the winter, ]''a*'pna jn**^!?, En^ i ii 5.
LI. 2-3 (En. 22: 14). C and E omit by homoeoteleuton: