Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁד‎ shêd (shade) demon ^H:N-M
from ‎שׁוּד‎

devil.

• a doemon (as malignant)

1) demon

See Greek: δαιμόνιον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שֵׁד‎] noun [masculine] apparently demon (loan-word from Assyrian šêdu, a protecting spirit, especially of bull-colossus, Dl^{Pa 153 f.}; WB 645 COT^{Deut 32:17} Zim^{KAT3. 460 f.}, 455, 649; compare Aramaic ‎שֵׁידָא‎, demon, and (perhaps) Phoenician proper name ‎גדשד‎ Nö^{ZMG xiii (1888), 481} Lzb²⁴⁹; originally √‎שׁוד‎ ( = Arabic rule) according to Thes Baud^{Semitic Rei. i. 130 ff.} Dl^WB and others; > Arabic (III, IV aid, Hom^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 529, against this} Zim^{l. c}); — ‎יִזְבְּחוּ לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּ‎ Deut 32:17 (compare Dr), Ps 106:37 (human sacrifice).

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