“... name 'Anafi'el (from 'anaf, "branch") appears to have seemed strange to the transmitters or redactors of the texts and is explained as follows: Why is his name 'Anafi,el? Because of the branch of his crown of crowns, which is laid round his head, which conceals and covers all the chambers of the palace of the 'arevot raqia' like the maker of creation. 80 What [is special about] the maker of creation? [As] the scripture teaches in reference to him: His majesty covers the skies [Habakkuk 3:3], so does this also apply for the prince 'Anafi'el, the servant, who is named after the name of his master. 81 'Anafi'el, therefore, is almost equal to God, and the terminol- ogy used here ("servant," "named after the name of his master," i.e., that his name is almost identical to that of God) allows one to as- sume that qualities have been ascribed to him that otherwise belong only to Metatron. 82 Whether 'Anafi'el should be identified here with Metatron, and whether this reflects a secondary stage of the tradition, cannot be further pursued in this connection. 83 ...”