The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

268 THE BOOKS OF ENOCH En« i iv
impiety'.—The term
'work', is parallel to ''t&K, 'foundations'; one must thus see in this
the architectonic use of ^^S7, 'structure, building', the meaning which the corresponding Greek
word epyov often has. The text of 91: 5 in E, 'all injustice will come to an end and will be cut
from its roots and all its structure will perish', is relatively close to our text of line 14 in its
original state (X^1S7 and K'?!!? However, the reference to 'execution [of judgement]'
at the end of line 14 recalls rather 91: 7: 'and when, in every deed sin and injustice and
blasphemy and violence will have increased . . . the holy Lord will come forth ... to make
a judgement on earth'.
Ll. 15-17 (En. 91: 12). L. 15. On the phrase Dlj?** mDD ]D1 see the note to i iii 24-5;
here E has tikawiUy 'shall be'.—''l^'fin the same order in E^, sanbat sdminit: E" and
Aeth. 41, pp. 34, 9 and 53, 18/19 sdnMt sanbat. Before this phrase all manuscripts of E,
except Aeth. 41, locc. citt., add 'another, (the eighth Week)'; E omits 'Week' and E" omits
'eighth'.—The proposition mil SiT^rin 7\21y 'during which (sc. the eighth Week) a sword
will be given', was misunderstood by E: 'and a sword will be given to it'.
L. 16. The expression is omitted in E, but lasddiqdn is taken up at the end of
the verse.—The phrase DWp pT ^!^S7a^ is faithfully preserved in Efi^: 'so that the judgement
of justice may be made'; other manuscripts of E have 'judgement and justice', which
seems to correspond to the uncorrected text of En«: Kl**!.—The words ]Q
]*'S7''!&T are paraphrased in E: *^VZ/a yigafe^u, 'on those who oppress' (omitted in E").
L. 17. The proposition pHT*!! pSiT^n*'! is again paraphrased in E: 'and will be
delivered, the sinners, into the hands of the just'; the end is duplicated in Ex: 'before them and
into their hands'.
Ll. 17-18 (En. 91: 13). In line 17, the preposition DS71 = waba E"^^^^ and Aeth. 41,
pp. 34, II and 53, 21; other manuscripts omit wa.—'Riches'
EnS: 'the houses' E.—^After
D1B?p3 = ^imsSdiqa, E adds zVahomu 'their'.
L. 18. In the expression K2T mD*?a ^D'TI, 'the temple of kingship of the Great One', the
adjective 'the great' by itself is a substitute for the name of God. It occurs again in En. 14: 2;
103: I; 104: I (twice); see above, p. 237. E translates 'a house for the great king'; E« 'the house
of the great king'; PO vi, 3, p. 433 [175], 5 *the house of the great kingship', beta mangi^it
'abty.—The long expression yab^iJ '^ll ^ID^ mt 01312 is abridged in to 'in
splendour until eternity', basibliat 'iska la*dlam\ other manuscripts la- {Aeth. 41 wala-), E°^^^
omit the preposition.
The second part of v. 13, our Hne 18, is obviously drawn from Zech. 6: 13 DX HI!!*' KIHI
1K0D bjJ lin XIZ?'' Kim nin^ b:>^Tl (where the Targum translates IIH by
VT). The author of Enoch, however, applies it to God and not to a king or to a high priest
of Israel. Similarly, the reference to an individual Branch in Zech. 6: 12 (fiaS I&*'K TllTl
nm'' nx nm naS"* rnnnai laU?) is transferred by the author of Enoch to 'the
plant of righteousness,' the elect and just of the last days; see lines 12-13 of this column
(= En. 93: 10), iii 19-20 (En. 93: 2), En