seraph

noun

«seraph» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

In the Sefer Yetzirah the seraphim are one of the ranks of heavenly beings, placed with the throne of glory, the ophanim, the holy animals and the ministering angels.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the name as "burning ones" and pictures them as angels who praise God without stopping; the text says God shaped them from the letters.

Meaning

A kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of heaven; "seraphim" is the plural. tree →

Examples

§ 21 Four — He graved and hewed out of them the throne of glory, the ophanim, the seraph- im, the holy animals, and the ministering angels. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

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