[שֵׁד] noun [masculine] apparently demon (loan-word from Assyrian šêdu, a protecting spirit, especially of bull-colossus, Dl^{Pa 153 f.}; WB 645 COT^{Deuteronomy 32:17} Zim^{KAT3. 460 f.}, 455, 649; compare Aramaic שֵׁידָא, demon, and (perhaps) Phoenician proper name גדשד Nö^{ZMG xiii (1888), 481} Lzb²⁴⁹; originally √שׁוד ( = Arabic rule) according to Thes Baud^{Semitic Rei. i. 130 ff.} Dl^WB and others; > Arabic (III, IV aid, Hom^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 529, against this} Zim^{l. c}); — יִזְבְּחוּ לַשֵּׁדִים לֹא אֱלֹהַּ Deuteronomy 32:17 (compare Dr), Psalm 106:37 (human sacrifice).