seraph

«seraph» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A kind of fiery angel with wings, found in visions of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

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

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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.

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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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «seraph» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.