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Yomiel
Chief of tens1 Enoch 6
Chief of the days
Eighteenth chief of tens. 1 Enoch’s own calendar is a righteous obsession (364 days, four intercalary days, no lunar drift). Yomiel is the theft of that obsession: time as a technology of rule. Penemue, named in ch. 69 for writing, is placed in this decad because writing is how days are captured.
Also named Jomjael, Yom’el, Yeomiel.
- Etymology
- “Day of God” (yom + ʾel).
- Cited
- 1 Enoch 6:7; 72–82
Powers
- Numbering days as property
- Inventing a feast
- Teaching a year that serves the host
- Binding a person to a date
What was taught
Yomiel taught the day as a possession: how to number, name, and feast a day without reference to the One who called light day.
The stolen yearHost of Yomiel
Whole decadIf they can count the days, they can own them.