Eisheth

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Eisheth Zenunim (Hebrew: אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים, lit. 'Woman of Whoredom', also spelled Isheth, esheth, ēšet zĕnûnîm) is an epithet of Lilith in the Zohar.[1]

Kabbalah

She is found in the Zohar, Introduction 1:5a as a feminine personification of sin.[2] In Shemot 10:70, the wife of whoredom is associated with the condemnation of humanity.[3]

She's explicitly called the mate of Samael under that epithet in Vayetze 4:23:

The female of Samael is called a 'serpent,' "a wife of harlotry," "The End of all Flesh" (Beresheet 6:13), and the end of days.[4][5]

Eisheth Zenunim, so Lilith, is one of the four mates of Samael, who is a destructive and seductive force. The other three female demons are Naamah, Agrat bat Mahlat, and Mahlat.[6]

Western Esotericism

In Mathers' Kabbalah Unveiled, Isheth Zenunim (ASHTH ZNVNIM) is mentioned as the wife of Samael (the angel of poison and death), and united they're called the beast, CHIVA, Chioa.[7]

The same passage is quoted in Crowley's Liber 777.[8] According to him, Isheth Zenunim (mother of the Beast) is a Princess of the Qliphoth[9], who rules Satariel, connected to Binah.[10]

See also

References

  1. "אשת זנונים | Search | Sefaria Library". www.sefaria.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-06-21.
  2. "Zohar 1:5a:8". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  3. "Zohar, Shemot 10:70 | Sefaria Library". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
  4. "Full Zohar Online - Vayetze - Chapter 4". www.zohar.com. Retrieved 2026-06-21.
  5. "Zohar, Vayetzei 4:23 | Sefaria Library". www.sefaria.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-06-21.
  6. Patai, Raphael (1990). The Hebrew goddess. Jewish folklore and anthropology (3rd enl. ed.). Detroit, Mich: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2221-5.
  7. Mathers, S. L. "MacGregor" (2003). The Kabbalah Unveiled. Celephais Press. p. 40.
  8. Crowley, Aleister. Liber 777. p. 23.
  9. Stephen, Skinner (2006). The Complete Magician's Tables (5th expanded ed.). Golden Hoard Press. p. 150.
  10. Crowley, Aleister (2004). 777 Revised. Celephais Press. pp. 3, 23, 149.