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Shedim
Shedim is the Hebrew word for demons. The word shedim appears only twice (always plural) in the Tanakh, at and . It was possibly a loan-word from Akkadian in which the word sedu referred to a protective, benevolent spirit. Both times the term appears in the Tanakh, it deals with child or animal sacrifice to false gods that are called demons. The word may also derive from the "Sedim, Assyrian guard spirits" as referenced according to lore " Azael slept with Naamah and spawned Assyrian guard spirits known as sedim".