8.3b
The Book of Enoch 8.3b · The stars, the signs and the moon📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The last four teachers give the arts of the sky.
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ወበራቃየል፡1
wa-Barāqāyal
and Baraqiel
ረዓይያነ፡2
raʿāyǝyāna
taught the observers of
ከዋክብት፡3
kawākǝbt
the stars;
; ወኮከብኤል፡4
wa-Kokabʾel
and Kokabiel
ትእምርታተ፡5
tǝʾmǝrtāta
taught the signs;
; ወጠሚኤል፡6
wa-Ṭamiʾel
and Tamiel
መሀረ፡7
mahara
taughthe taught
ርእየ፡8
rǝʾya
the sight ofseeing
ኮከብ፡9
kokab
the stars;star
; ወአስድርኤል፡10
wa-ʾAsdrǝʾel
and Asradel
መሀረ፡11
mahara
taughthe taught
ሩፀተ፡12
ruḍata
the course ofrunning
ወርኅ።13
warḫ
the moon.
. and Baraqiel taught the observers of the stars; and Kokabiel taught the signs; and Tamiel taught the sight of the stars; and Asradel taught the course of the moon.
and Baraqiel taught the observers of the stars; and Kokabiel taught the signs; and Tamiel taught the sight of the stars; and Asradel taught the course of the moon.
8.4
The Book of Enoch 8.4 · The cry goes up📜 Charles 1906, the printed page
The end of chapter 8. In chapter 9 the archangels hear this cry.
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And at the destruction of men they cried out, and their voice reached heaven.
Four teachers, four arts of the sky. Raʿāyǝyān kawākǝbt, “observers of the stars”, is Dillmann’s astrologi, and he gives this verse as the first example. Tǝʾmǝrt, a sign, also means for Dillmann a star or constellation (astrum, sidus, constellatio), and he cites 8:3 for that too. Tamiel teaches rāʾya kokab, “the sight of the stars”, which Dillmann lists as astrologia. Ruṣat is a running or a course (cursus), and Dillmann cites this verse for the course of the stars; here it is the moon, warḫ, a word that in Ge’ez also means the month.
The names say something. Kokabʾel is the word kokab, “star”, with -ʾel, “God”. Baraqiel is usually explained as “lightning of God”, from the root of Ge’ez mabraq, “lightning” (Dillmann: fulgur, fulmen). The ending -ʾel is in Michael, Gabriel and Raphael too. Charles’s page has no verb for Baraqiel or Kokabiel; the verb “taught” carries over from the sentence before.