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saraph en · NOUN

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָף (śārāp̄).

Meanings

1. (form-of, rare) Rare form of seraph.
   form of seraph
   • 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. 2015, Shane Wall, The Supernatural Guide to Understanding Angels, Orangeburg, S.C.: Godly Writes Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
   • Indeed, if any angel dares to approach the chabod, then a saraph, i.e. one of the seraphim, immediately burns him. 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:
   • 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. 2021, Kristin Swenson, A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62:

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