אשמדאי
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Hebrew
Etymology
Thought to be borrowed from an unattested Avestan *𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (*aēṣ̌madaēuua); from a compound of 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aēšəma, “wrath”) + 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua, “demon”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /aʃ.meˈdaj/
Proper noun
אַשְׁמְדַאי • (ashmedáy, ʾašmədʾāy) m
- Asmodeus; Ashmedai (the king of demons in Jewish tradition).
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 110a:
- אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף, אָמַר לִי יוֹסֵף שֵׁידָא: אַשְׁמְדַאי מַלְכָּא דְשֵׁידֵי — מְמוּנֶּה הוּא אַכּוּלְּהוּ זוּגֵי, וּמַלְכָּא לָא אִיקְּרִי מַזִּיק.
- Rav Yosef said: Yosef the Demon said to me: Ashmedai, the king of the demons, is appointed over all who perform actions in pairs, and a king is not called a harmful spirit.