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{{Short description|Fallen Angel}}
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'''Tamiel''' (or '''Tumiel'''; {{langx|arc|תומיאל}}, {{langx|grc|Ταμιήλ}}), also spelled '''Tâmîêl''', is a [[fallen angel]], the fifth mentioned of the 20 [[Watcher (angel)|watcher]] leaders of the 200 fallen angels in the [[Book of Enoch]]. Tamiel is also called either '''Kasdaye{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}''' (also '''Kasdeja''', from [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] כַּשְׂדָּי ''kaśdāy''—"[[Chaldea]]n", "inhabitant of Chaldea", "astrologer")<ref>[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3779.htm Strong's Hebrew: 3779]</ref> or '''Kasyade''' (prob. compd. of כָּסָה ''kasah''—"to conceal" + יָד ''yad''—"hand", "power"; lit. "covered hand", "hidden power")<ref>Sola, Rev. David Aaron. Frost, Isaac. (publ.) ''Signification of the Proper Names, Etc., Occurring in the Book of Enoch: From the Hebrew and Chaldee Languages''. London, 1852.</ref> in the Book of Enoch, Chapter 69.
Michael Knibb lists the translation of Tamiel as "God is Perfect" or "Perfection of God" (the combination of ''tamiym'' and ''El''-God). Tamiel was attributed as a teacher of astronomy (Enoch 8:7). He also taught "the children of men all of the wicked strikes of spirits, [the strikes of] demons, and the strikes of the embryo in the womb so that it may pass away (abortion), and [the strikes of the soul], the bites of the serpent, and the strikes which befall through the noontide heat, [which is called] the son of the serpent named Taba'et (meaning male)" during the days of [[Noah]], not the days of [[Jared (Biblical figure)|Jared]](Enoch 69:12).
==Popular culture==
*Tamiel appears as the enemy in the ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' [[Supernatural (season 10)|season 10]] episode "Angel Heart" where he is killed with his own angel sword by Claire Novak.
*Tamiel is the name of one of the Scavengers in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'', first appearing in Episode 10 of Season 7.
==See also==
*[[List of angels in theology]]
*[[Kokabiel]]
*[[Ramiel]]
==References==
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