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Bernael
Bernael in Davidson’s later angel dictionary: a brief report of an angel of darkness and a conditional comparison with Beliel.
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Compare Barrattiel with Barattiel in 3 Enoch 18:6–7, the prince of three fingers; Odeberg records Ataphiel as a manuscript variant.
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Bath Kol, or Bat Kol, is a heavenly voice in rabbinic literature. Compare Talmudic passages with its personification in later angel dictionaries.
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Atrugiel appears in 3 Enoch 18:9–10, receiving Tutresiel’s homage and bowing before Na’aririel in a sequence of heavenly princes.
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Compare Azbogah with Azbuga in 3 Enoch 18:22, a great prince associated with clothing the righteous in garments of life.
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Azriel in Davidson’s dictionary: the northern prayer-receiving supervisor, Azriel the Ancient, and source-dependent uses of the name.
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Astaroth in Weyer’s demon catalogue and the Goetia: the infernal duke’s appearance, forty legions, and account of the fall of spirits.
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Adonael in Conybeare’s Testament of Solomon: the protective name heard by Metathiax and by the thirteenth decan, with the text’s different demon names.
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Akriel compared with Schwab’s Aqri El: the barrenness gloss, Tamouz association and service under Dalqiel in the sources indexed by his lexicon.
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Amitiel and Schwab’s Amiti El: a brief angel-of-truth entry tied to amulets, with its actual manuscript reference and the limits of that evidence.
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