אשמדאי (אשמדיוס)

… אָמְרִי: אֲנַן לָא יָדְעִינַן, דִּילְמָא אַשְׁמְדַאי – מַלְכָּא דְשֵׁידֵי, יָדַע.

… We do not know where to find the shamir. Perhaps Ashmedai, king of the demons, knows.

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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שַׁדְּרֵיהּ לִבְנָיָהוּ בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע, יְהַב לֵיהּ שׁוּשִׁילְתָּא דַּחֲקִיק עֲלַהּ שֵׁם, וְעִזְקְתָא דַּחֲקִיק עֲלַהּ שֵׁם, וּגְבָבֵי דְעַמְרָא, וְזִיקֵי דְחַמְרָא. …

Solomon sent for Benayahu, son of Jehoiada, a member of the royal entourage, and gave him a chain onto which a sacred name of God was carved, and a ring onto which a sacred name of God was carved, and fleeces of wool and wineskins of wine. …

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: שְׁקוֹל שׁוּשִׁילְתָּא מִינַּאי, וְהַב לִי עִיזְקְתָךְ, וְאַחְוִי לָךְ רְבוּתַאי. שַׁקְלֵיהּ לְשׁוּשִׁילְתָּא מִינֵּיהּ, וְיָהֵיב לֵיהּ עִיזְקְתֵיהּ. בַּלְעֵיהּ, אוֹתְבֵיהּ לְחַד גַּפֵּיהּ בִּרְקִיעָא, וּלְחַד גַּפֵּיהּ בְּאַרְעָא, פַּתְקֵיהּ אַרְבַּע מְאָה פַּרְסֵי. …

Ashmedai said to him: Take the chain engraved with God’s name off me and give me your ring with God’s name engraved on it, and I will show you my strength. Solomon took the chain off him and he gave him his ring. Ashmedai swallowed the ring and grew until he placed one wing in the heaven and one wing on the earth. He threw Solomon a distance of four hundred parasangs. …

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ לִבְנָיָהוּ: קָא בָעֵי לָךְ מַלְכָּא לְגַבֵּיהּ? אֲמַר לְהוּ: לָא. שְׁלַחוּ לְהוּ לְמַלְכְּווֹתָא: קָאָתֵי מַלְכָּא לְגַבַּיְיכוּ? שְׁלַחוּ לְהוּ: אִין, קָאָתֵי. שְׁלַחוּ לְהוּ: בִּידְקוּ בְּכַרְעֵיהּ. שְׁלַחוּ לְהוּ: בְּמוּקֵי קָאָתֵי;

The sages said to Benayahu: Does the king require you to be with him? Benayahu said to them: No. They sent to the queens and asked: Does the king come to be with you? The queens sent a response to them: Yes, he comes. They sent a request to the queens: Check his feet to see if they are human feet. The queens sent a response to the sages: He always comes in socks [bemokei], and it is not possible to see his feet.

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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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. …

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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אין מקור עברי או ארמי באתר. מוצג תרגום לאנגלית, עם תווית ברורה.

Because that she had been married to seven husbands, whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed, before they had lain with her.

Apocrypha, not in the Hebrew Bible; preserved in Greek. English only.

אנגלית: King James Version Apocrypha (1611) (Public Domain (outside the UK))

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בדקו בכרעיה - שרגליו של שד דומות לשל תרנגולים: …

“Check his feet”: because the feet of a demon resemble those of roosters.

עברית: Vilna Edition (Public Domain)אנגלית: Site translation (literal; no English on Sefaria) (CC0)

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הַאי מַאן דְּבָעֵי לְמִידַּע לְהוּ לַיְיתֵי קִיטְמָא נְהִילָא, וְנַהְדַּר אַפּוּרְיֵיהּ, וּבְצַפְרָא חָזֵי כִּי כַּרְעֵי דְתַרְנְגוֹלָא. …

One who seeks to know that the demons exist should place fine ashes around his bed, and in the morning the demons’ footprints appear like chickens’ footprints, in the ash. …

עברית: William Davidson Edition - Vocalized Aramaic (CC-BY-NC)אנגלית: William Davidson Edition - English (CC-BY-NC)

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