- One of the main verses referring to evil capturing the holy sparks is "might they swallow and will spit it out."
- Ashmadi the demon swallowed king Shlomo.
- In R' Nachman's stories the demons always threaten to swallow the person.
- Swallowing is the concept of integrating something as fast as you can.
- Meaning if you are afraid it won't be there soon you swallow it as fast as you can.