1.5
The Book of Enoch 1.5 · The Watchers tremble📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The coming of God shakes everything, the angels first.
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ኵሉ፡1
kʷǝllu
And all
ወይፈርሁ፡2
wa-yǝfarrǝhu
will fear,and they fear
, ትጉሃን፡3
tǝguhān
and the Watchersthe wakeful ones
ወያድለቀልቁ፡4
wa-yādlaqalǝqu
will quake,and they quake
, ፍርሃት፡5
fǝrhat
fear
ዓቢይ፡6
ʿabiy
great
ወረዓድ፡7
wa-raʿād
and trembling
ወይነሥኦሙ፡8
wa-yǝnaśśǝʾomu
will seize themand it takes them
እስከ፡9
ʾǝska
tountil
አጽናፈ፡10
ʾaṣnāfa
the ends of
ምድር።11
mǝdr
the earth.
. And all will fear, and the Watchers will quake, fear and great trembling will seize them to the ends of the earth.
And all will fear, and the Watchers will quake, fear and great trembling will seize them to the ends of the earth.
1.6
The Book of Enoch 1.6 · Mountains shake, hills melt📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The earth itself gives way before the coming.
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And the high mountains will shake, and the high hills will be brought low, and will melt like wax before the flame.
The Watchers are ትጉሃን tǝguhān, “the wakeful ones”, and this verse is the first reference in Dillmann’s entry for the word. He also cites it for fǝrhat, “fear”, for raʿād, “trembling”, and for ʾadlaqlaqa, “to shake”, which he says is said of men and of angels.
“Fear and trembling seize them” is one set phrase in Ge’ez, yǝnaśśǝʾomu fǝrhat wa-raʿād, and Dillmann quotes it under naśʾa, “to take”, with this verse and 13:3. The ends of the earth are ʾaṣnāfa mǝdr, a phrase that stands in the Ethiopic Bible at Sirach 44:21 and Psalm 2:8.