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ˈlɪl ɪθlilith
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Princeton's WordNet
Lilithnoun
in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children
Wiktionary
Lilithnoun
A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
Lilithnoun
The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit.
Lilithnoun
A female given name from Hebrew.
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew לִילִית (lîlîṯ).
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Lilith
Lilith (; Hebrew: לִילִית Lîlîṯ) is a demonic figure. She is first mentioned in Biblical Hebrew in Isaiah 34:14, and later in Late Antiquity in Mandaean Gnosticism mythology and Jewish mythology sources from 500 CE onwards. Lilith appears in historiolas (incantations incorporating a short mythic story) in various concepts and localities that give partial descriptions of her. She is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud (Eruvin 100b, Niddah 24b, Shabbat 151b, Baba Bathra 73a), in The Book of Adam and Eve as Adam's first wife, and in the Zohar Leviticus 19a as "a hot fiery female who first cohabited with man".Lilith perhaps originated from an earlier class of female demons (lilû, lilîtu, and (w)ardat lilî) in the ancient Mesopotamian religion, found in cuneiform texts of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia.Lilith continues to serve as source material in modern Western culture, literature, occultism, fantasy, and horror.
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Lilith is a figure found in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, typically portrayed as a demon or a female goddess associated with the night. In Jewish folklore, Lilith is often depicted as Adam's first wife in the Garden of Eden who refused to be subservient to him and left the Garden, becoming a demon who preyed on newborn babies and pregnant women. She has since been portrayed in various cultures and religions as a symbol of independence, rebellion and female empowerment. Lilith also appears in literature, television and music. In astrology, "Lilith" is the name given to a hypothetical second moon of Earth.
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Lilith
Lilith is a Hebrew name for a figure in Jewish mythology, developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, who is generally thought to be in part derived from a class of female demons Līlīṯu in Mesopotamian texts of Assyria and Babylonia. Evidence in later Jewish materials is plentiful, but little information has been found relating to the original Akkadian and Babylonian view of these demons. The relevance of two sources previously used to connect the Jewish Lilith to an Akkadian Lilitu – the Gilgamesh appendix and the Arslan Tash amulets – are now both disputed by recent scholarship. The two problematic sources are discussed below. The Hebrew term Lilith first occurs in Isaiah 34:14, either singular or plural according to variations in the earliest manuscripts, though in a list of animals. In the Dead Sea Scrolls Songs of the Sage the term first occurs in a list of monsters. In Jewish magical inscriptions, on bowls and amulets from the 6th century CE onwards, Lilith is identified as a female demon and the first visual depictions appear. In Jewish folklore, from the 8th–10th centuries Alphabet of Ben Sira onwards, Lilith becomes Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same earth as Adam. This contrasts with Eve, who was created from one of Adam's ribs. The legend was greatly developed during the Middle Ages, in the tradition of Aggadic midrashim, the Zohar and Jewish mysticism. In the 13th Century writings of Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob ha-Cohen, for example, Lilith left Adam after she refused to become subservient to him and then would not return to the Garden of Eden after she mated with archangel Samael. The resulting Lilith legend is still commonly used as source material in modern Western culture, literature, occultism, fantasy, and horror.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Lilith
or Lilis, the name of Adam's first wife, whom, according to Jewish tradition, he had before Eve, and who bore him in that wedlock the whole progeny of aërial, aquatic, and terrestrial devils, and who, it seems, still wanders about the world bewitching men to like issue and slaying little children not protected by amulets against her.
Mythology
Lilith
(Li′lith). A Jewish myth representing a finely dressed woman who is a great enemy to new-born children. She was said to have been Adam’s first wife, but, refusing to submit to him, was turned from Paradise and made a specter.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LILITH in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LILITH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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