Samyaza
thumb|The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair, sculpture by Daniel Chester French, c. 1923 Samyaza ( Šamməḥăzay; Šəmīʿāzāʾ; ; , '), also Shamhazai, Aza or Ouza''', is a fallen angel of apocryphal Abrahamic traditions and Manichaeism as the leader of the Watchers.
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- Etymology
- Book of Enoch
- Book of Giants
- Babylonian Talmud
- Other traditions
- See also
- References
- Works cited
thumb|The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair, sculpture by Daniel Chester French, c. 1923 Samyaza ( Šamməḥăzay; Šəmīʿāzāʾ; ; , '), also Shamhazai, Aza or Ouza', is a fallen angel of apocryphal Abrahamic traditions and Manichaeism as the leader of the Watchers.
==Etymology== The name "Shemyaza(z)" means "the (or my) name has seen," "he sees the name," or "I have seen." It is also spelled "Samyaza", "Shemhazai", "Samiaza(z)", "Semiaza", "Shamazya", "Shemyazaz", "Shemihazah", "Shemyaza", "Sêmîazâz", "Semjâzâ", "Samjâzâ", "Šemihaza", and "Semyaza".