Tamiel (or Tumiel; arc, תומיאל, grc, Ταμιήλ), also spelled Tâmîêl, is a
fallen angel
In the Abrahamic religions, fallen angels are angels who were expelled from heaven. The literal term "fallen angel" never appears in any Abrahamic religious texts, but is used to describe angels cast out of heaven"Mehdi Azaiez, Gabriel Said R ...
, the fifth mentioned of the 20
watcher leaders of the 200 fallen angels in the
Book of Enoch. Tamiel is also called either Kasdaye (also Kasdeja, from
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
כַּשְׂדָּי ''kaśdāy''—"
Chaldea
Chaldea () was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BCE, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia. Semitic-speaking, it was ...
n", "inhabitant of Chaldea", "astrologer") or Kasyade (prob. compd. of כָּסָה ''kasah''—"to conceal" + יָד ''yad''—"hand", "power"; lit. "covered hand", "hidden power")
[Sola, Rev. David Aaron. Frost, Isaac. (publ.) ''Signification of the Proper Names, Etc., Occurring in the Book of Enoch: From the Hebrew and Chaldee Languages''. London, 1852.] in the Book of Enoch, Chapter 69.
Michael Knibb lists the translation of Tamiel as "God is Perfect" or "Perfection of God" (the combination of ''tamiym'' and ''El''-God). Tamiel was attributed as a teacher of astronomy (Enoch 8:7). He also taught "the children of men all of the wicked strikes of spirits,
he strikes ofdemons, and the strikes of the embryo in the womb so that it may pass away (abortion), and
he strikes of the soul the bites of the serpent, and the strikes which befall through the noontide heat,
hich is calledthe son of the serpent named Taba'et (meaning male)" during the days of
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
, not the days of
Jared
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.
Origin
In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, ...
(Enoch 69:12).
Popular culture
*Tamiel appears as the enemy in the ''
Supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
''
season 10 episode "Angel Heart" where he is killed with his own angel sword by Claire Novak.
*Tamiel is the name of one of the Scavengers in ''
The Walking Dead'', first appearing in Episode 10 of Season 7.
See also
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Kokabiel Kokabiel ( arc, כוכבאל, grc, χωβαβιήλ), also spelled Kôkabîêl, Kôkhabîêl, Kakabel, Kochbiel, Kokbiel, Kabaiel, or Kochab, considered the 'angel of the stars', is a fallen angel, the fourth mentioned of the 20 Watcher leaders of ...
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Ramiel
Ramiel ( arc, רַעַמְאֵל, he, רַעַמְאֵל ''Raʿamʾēl''; gr, ‘Ραμιήλ), not to be confused with the holy angel "Remiel", is a fallen Watcher (angel) while the other is an Archangel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. Rami ...
References
Watchers (angels)
Chaldea
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