58th of the 72 · Shem HaMephorash

Yeialel

יְיָלֵל

The Angel of Mental Power — invoked for clarity, focus, and the courage to face what the mind would rather look away from.

Governs25°–30° Capricorn

Invocation window7:00 – 7:20 PM

Psalm6:3

ChoirArchangels (disputed)

Brass arc marks Yeialel's five-degree share of the Capricorn decan · needle marks the daily 7:00–7:20 PM window

Etymology

A name built for listening

Like all 72 names of the Shem HaMephorash, Yeialel is drawn from a triliteral sequence lifted from Exodus 14:19–21, read boustrophedonically across three consecutive 72-letter verses. Its root carries a cluster of related readings rather than one fixed translation.

Yod

The divine spark; the seed-letter that opens most names in the sequence, read here as invoking the Name itself.

Yod

Doubled, intensifying the invocation — a hearing that is active and repeated, not passive.

Lamed

To teach, to goad onward — the letter of instruction and of the ox-goad, driving thought toward its aim.

Aleph

The silent root of Elohim — God as the ground the rest of the name stands on.

Lamed

Closes the name as it opened — teaching returning to its source.

"God who hears lamentation" — the reading most consistently given across Kabbalistic and folk-magic compendia, tying the name to Psalm 6, a psalm of nighttime grief.
"The right hand of God" — a secondary gloss found in some tarot-correspondence traditions, framing the angel as an instrument of active support rather than passive comfort.
"God who fulfils the generations" — a third reading, less common, that shifts the emphasis from individual grief toward continuity across time.

Correspondences

Where Yeialel sits in the system

Position within the 72-name sequence, its Exodus source-verse, and the astrological decan it rules are consistent across sources. Choir, planetary affinity, and exact guardianship dates are not — the tradition was compiled from multiple, sometimes conflicting, medieval and modern lineages. Where sources diverge it's marked below rather than flattened into a single false consensus.

Position

58th of 72

Third decan grouping, 8th choir-set

Source verse

Exodus 14:19

Boustrophedonic triplet reading

Ruling decan

Capricorn II

25°–30°, second quinance

Governing hour

7:00 – 7:20 PM

Traditional daily invocation window

Secondary dates

Feb 28 · May 16 · Jul 27 · Oct 7 · Dec 18

Annual moral-guardian dates, per Kemp/occult.live lineage

Birth window

Dec 30 – Jan 3

Angelorum's lineage instead gives Jan 6–10 — see Sources

Psalm

6:3

"My soul is sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?"

Tarot

3 of Pentacles

Angelorum's decan-based Minor Arcana system

Domain

What is asked of Yeialel

The recurring themes across sources cluster around the mind under pressure — its clarity, its endurance, and its recovery — alongside older, more specific associations with metalwork and trade.

Mental Force

The most consistent thread across every source: clarity of thought, sustained focus, and the discipline to see a line of reasoning through to its end.

Courage & Resolve

Older compendia describe Yeialel's charges as marked by bravery and directness — a willingness to face what unsettles the mind rather than avoid it.

Relief from Sorrow

Tied directly to Psalm 6's lament, Yeialel is invoked against grief and mental anguish — comfort sought through being heard, not through distraction.

Healing of the Eyes

A narrower, older association — afflictions of sight specifically, distinct from the more general healing attributed to other Shem angels.

Iron & Metalwork

An affinity for iron appears in several 19th- and 20th-century grimoire compilations, likely inherited from this angel's decan ruler and its Saturn-adjacent qualities.

Commerce

Those under Yeialel's influence are said to favor trade and exchange — precision and order applied to dealings between people, not just to private thought.

Practice

Traditional approach

The following reflects how this angel is traditionally approached across folk-magic and devotional sources — offered here as description, not instruction, and not a claim that any particular outcome follows.

Elements traditionally used

Recitation of Psalm 6:3, in Hebrew or in translation.
Timing the working to the 7:00–7:20 PM window, or to one of the five annual guardian dates.
A period of stillness afterward, rather than immediate action — several sources emphasize listening as the operative gesture, in keeping with the name's meaning.

Associated materials

Iron, in older grimoire sources — sometimes a plain iron object kept nearby during the working.
Blue or pale candle light, following the broader convention used for several angels in this cluster of the sequence.
Written repetition of the name, sometimes alongside its Hebrew letters, as a focusing device rather than a formula believed to compel a result.

This page describes a devotional and folk-magical tradition as recorded across historical and contemporary sources. It is presented for reference and study. No outcome — spiritual, medical, or otherwise — is claimed or implied.

Where accounts differ

Textual variance

The Shem HaMephorash passed through Kabbalistic, ceremonial-magic, and modern folk-devotional lineages that don't fully agree with one another. Rather than silently picking one version, here is where the discrepancies actually fall.

Choir

Archangels — Angelorum and occult.live lineage, ruled through Hod under Archangel Raphael. Beni Elohim — an alternate lineage places Yeialel among the "Sons of God" order under Ariel, with the Archangel choir instead assigned to Michael.

Planetary affinity

Venus — older grimoire-derived sources (occult.live, Spirit Arts & Herbs). Mercury / Hod — Angelorum's astrological-tarot system, consistent with the "mental force" attribution.

Guardian birth dates

December 30 – January 3 — occult.live and the Kemp/Zohariel grimoire lineage. January 6 – 10 — Angelorum's decan-based system, reading the same 25°–30° Capricorn span with a slightly different calendar offset.

Sources consulted: Angelic Conjure: A Guide to the 72 Angels of the Shemhamphorash (Kemp & ben Shemesh) · Angelorum, "Yeialel, Angel of Mental Power" · Occult Encyclopedia, "Ieialel" · Spirit Arts & Herbs, Angel 58 reference · Wikipedia, "Shem HaMephorash."