Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

samael

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: samael
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The angel of death and chief ruler of the 5th heaven.

name

Etymology

From Hebrew סַמָּאֵל (sammāʾēl).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: סַמָּאֵל

Synonyms

Yaldabaoth Saklas

Questions

What does samael mean?: The angel of death and chief ruler of the 5th heaven.
Where does samael come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce samael

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