Azza

Azza - A fallen angel who is, according to rabbinic tradition, suspended between Heaven and earth (along with Azzael) as punishment for having had carnal knowledge of mortal women. Azza (Shem-yaza, meaning "the name Azza") is said to be constantly falling, with one eye shut, the other open, so that he can see his plight and suffer the more.  There is another explanation for Azza's expulsion from Heaven: it is that he objected to the high rank given Enoch when the latter was transformed from a mortal into the angel Metatron.  In Solomonic lore the story is that Azza was the angel who revealed to the Jewish king the heavenly arcana, thus making Solomon the wisest man on earth.  In Talmud, the sedim (Assyrian guardian spirits) are said to have been "begotten by Azza and Azael on the body of the evil Naamah, daughter of Lamech, before the flood." [RF. Thompson, Semitic Magic, pp. 44-45] In his introduction to 3 Enoch, Odeberg remarks that, of the 2 groups of angels headed by Metetron, one group (the angels of justice) was under the rulership of Azza.  At that time, evidently, Azza was not yet fallen. (a)

[See Also:  Semyaza and Ouza (Uzza)]

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967