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title: "The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch)"
author: "R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed)"
translator: "Hugo Odeberg"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Hidden books"
section: 21 of 54
url: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/21/
cite: "R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed), tr. Hugo Odeberg, The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch), section 21. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/21/"
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# The Hebrew Book of Enoch (3 Enoch)

*R. Ishmael ben Elisha (attributed), tr. Hugo Odeberg*

Rabbi Ishmael ascends to the heavenly palaces and meets Enoch, now the angel Metatron.

## 21. Chapter 20

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/21/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/enoch-3-odeberg-1928/21/#p-N

### CHAYYLIEL, the prince of the Chayyoth

[¶1] R. Ishmael said: Metatron, the angel, the Prince of the Presence, said to me:

[¶2] 1 Above these there is one great and mighty prince. His name is CHAYYLIEL H’, a noble and revered prince, a glorious and mighty prince, a great and revered prince, a prince before whom all the children of heaven do tremble, a prince who is able to swallow up the whole earth in one moment (at a mouthful).

[¶3] 2 And why is he called CHAYYLIEL H’? Because he is appointed over the Holy Chayyoth and smites the Chayyoth with lashes of fire: and glorifies them, when they give praise and glory and rejoicing and he causes them to make haste to say “Holy” and “Blessed be the Glory of H’ from his place!” (i.e. the Qedushshd).