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They were represented in winged bull form, derived from the colossal bulls used as protective genii of royal palaces, the name " shed " assumed also the meaning of a propitious genius in Babylonian magic literature.
It was from Chaldea that the name " shedu " came to the Israelites, and so the writers of the Tanach applied the word Shedim to certain Canaanite deities.
15 the pestilence-dealing angel, that is spirit, called " the destroying angel " ( compare " the angel of the Lord " in II Kings xix.
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