

This derivation is presented by a Baraita, cited Yoma 67b, that Azazel was the strongest of mountains. "Azazel" is regarded as a compound of "az", strong or rough, and "el", mighty, therefore a strong mountain. According to Talmudic interpretation, the term "Azazel" designated a rugged mountain or precipice in the wilderness from which the goat was thrown down, using for it as an alternative the word "Ẓoḳ" (Yoma vi. Īccording to some Rabbinic interpretations Azazel is a theophoric name, combined of the words "Azaz" (rugged) and " El" (powerful/strong/of God) in reference to the rugged and strong rocks of the deserts in Judea. Gesenius in his Hebrew lexicon confers with this.

This is supported by the Jewish Greek Bible translation as the sender away. The Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon gives Azazel as a reduplicative intensive of the stem azel "remove", hence azazel, "entire removal".

When he attends the sabbath, he has the feet of a goose, although experts claim that he has no feet when in tree trunk form. Leonard can take the form of a bloodhound, a beef, a black bird, or a tree trunk with a gloomy face. He also has a face on his butt, which witches kiss while holding a green candle to adore him. From the waist up, Leonard has a goat’s body with 3 horns on his head, a goat’s beard, hair-like bristles, 2 ears like foxes, and inflamed eyes. Often called “le Grand Negre” (The Black Man), Leonard is demon of the first order, grand master of the sabbaths, chief of the subaltern demons, and inspector general of sorcery, black magic and witchcraft. Witches were said to kneel and kiss his bum! Leonard is the demon closed associated with European Witchcraft – often summoned on sabbats to be the grand master of ceremonies. It is said, that any child resulting from this union will be stillborn, an offering for sin, again echoing loosely the story of Aaron. In this form he will seduce a young lady and take her to the wilderness where he will lie with her and ejaculate cold semen. Leonard has been known to take other forms, and there is some connection to the legend of the werewolf he has been known to appear as a handsome soldier, a favorite of many demons. Infernal powers obtained from the worship of Master Leonard range from metamorphosis into monstrous animals or men to flight as an incubus. He marks his initiates with one of his horns. He is represented as a three-horned goat, with a black human face. Leonard or “Master Leonard” is a demon or spirit in the Dictionnaire Infernal, grand-master of the nocturnal orgies of demons. He marked his novitiates with one of his horns” He is represented as a three-horned goat, with black human face. “Grand-master of the nocturnal orgies of the demons. Illustration of the infernal Dictionary of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin of Plancy by Louis Le Breton, 6th edition, 1863.
