saraph
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָף (śārāp̄).
Noun
[edit]saraph (plural seraphim)
- Rare form of seraph.
- 2008, “The Commentary on the Daily Prayers by Menaḥem Recanati as interpreted by Flavius Mithridates”, in Giacomo Corazzol, editor, Commentary on the Daily Prayers: Flavius Mithridates’ Latin Translation, the Hebrew Text, and an English Version (The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; 3), Turin: Nino Aragno Editore, →OCLC, page 663:
- Indeed, if any angel dares to approach the chabod, then a saraph, i.e. one of the seraphim, immediately burns him.
- 2015, Shane Wall, The Supernatural Guide to Understanding Angels, Orangeburg, S.C.: Godly Writes Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
- He then felt the great weight of his own imperfections—but a saraph (singular for seraphim) brought Isaiah a burning coal from God’s altar, touched his lips with it, and removed the man’s sin.
- 2021, Kristin Swenson, A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62:
- God sends seraphim to attack the liberated yet ungrateful Israelites, and a saraph (singular) fashioned by Moses at God’s instruction would save them again.