The Books of Enoch, Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4

Enastr^7i-iii THE SYNCHRONISTIC CALENDAR 281
^And during night twenty-six of this (month) it is covered to five sevenths
and a half; and there is subtracted from its light five sevenths ^^and a half.
And then it emerges from the second gate, and it shines during the rest of
this night with a seventh and a half, and it waxes during this "day up to
six sevenths. And then it sets and enters (the second gate) and it is covered,
the rest of this day, to one seventh.
And during night twenty-^^seven of this (month) it is covered to six
sevenths; there is subtracted from its light [six] sev[enths. And then it emerges
(from the second gate) and it shines, ^^the res]t of this night, with one seventh.
And it waxes during this day up to [six sevenths and a half. And then it
sets and enters . . .]
iii
[^And (the moon) shines in night eight of] this (month) with four sevenths.
And then it sets and enters (the same gate as before). During this night
the sun ^completes the passage (across) all the sections of the first gate,
and it begins again to go and to come out through these sections (i.e. of the
first gate). [And then the moon] ^sets and enters (the same gate). And it
wanes (during) the rest of this night by three sevenths. And it waxes during
this day up to four sevenths and [a half. And then] ^it emerges (from the
same gate as before) and it keeps during the rest of this day two seventh
(parts of its light) and a half.
And it shines during night nine of this (month) with four ^[sevenths] and
a half. And then it sets and enters (the gate). During this night the sun begins
again to move away through [its] sections [(i.e. of the first gate) and to set]
through these (sections). And then the moon sets and enters the fifth gate
and it wanes during the rest of this night by [two] sevenths ^and a half.
And it waxes during this day up to five sevenths, and its light is equivalent
exactly (?) to five sevenths. [And then it emerges] %om the fifth gate [and
it keeps, during the rest of this day, two sevenths.
And it shines in night ten of this (month) ^ith five sevenths. And then it
sets and enters (the fifth gate). And it wanes the rest of this night, by two
sevenths. And it waxes during this day] ^^p to [five] sevenths [and a half...]
ii
The translation of lines 6-8, on *night twenty-five', is more of a paraphrase than that of the
other lines.
LI. [2], 4, 7, 10, 13. The verb ''Ip is the Pael, derivative of the unused Peal Hlj?*, in Syriac
*mansit, permansit, moratus est'. It seems to me, however, that in the description of the phases