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The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

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230 THE BOOKS OF ENOCH En« i xxii<br />

that in this manner [his lamentation is ascending and crying out unceasingly<br />

and making accusation to heaven. ^And he answered] me, saying: [*Behold,<br />

this is the spirit that went forth from Abel whom his brother Cain slew . . .]<br />

Texts for comparison: C and E.<br />

L. I (En. 22: 3). *<strong>The</strong> souls <strong>of</strong> all the children <strong>of</strong> men' En®, *all the souls <strong>of</strong> the children <strong>of</strong><br />

men' E, *all the souls <strong>of</strong> men' C.<br />

Ll. 1-3 (En 22:4). L. I. *And these places' in C and E abridges the <strong>Aramaic</strong> expression XHI<br />

K^TiriD ]12K *And behold, these are the pits', i.e. rd KotXwfiara ravra or ol roiroi ol<br />

KoTXoi <strong>of</strong> verses 2 and 3.—(els) imavvaxcac (avrwv), Greek hapax, quoted in Liddell and Scott<br />

under imavcrxems; cf. avax^rripiov, 'prison enclosure, etc.'. It renders well the <strong>Aramaic</strong> IT'S^<br />

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