שָׂרָף
Used: 7 times · Key: 8314 · BDB: שָׂרָף
Glosses
seraphim (2); [will.be].a.serpent (1); a.saraph (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
serpent tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. fiery, serpent tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Is 14:29 fiery, serpent, usually venomous (poss. from above √, from burning effect of poison);—abs. שׂ׳ Nu 21:8 (JE; on Arabic parallels v. JacobAr. Dichter ii. 93, iv. 10 f.), appos. נָחָשׁ שׂ׳ Dt 8:15, pl. הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים Nu 21:6; a flying serpent, or dragon, שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵף Is 14:29; 30:6.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שָׂרָף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיָּ֣עָף אֵלַ֗י אֶחָד֙ מִן־הַשְּׂרָפִ֔ים וּבְיָד֖וֹ רִצְפָּ֑ה בְּמֶ֨לְקַחַ֔יִם לָקַ֖ח מֵעַ֥ל הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
Word for word: and he.flew to me one of the seraphim and.[was] in hand his a.live.coal [which].with tongs he.had.taken from on the altar
JPS 1917: Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
אַֽל־תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י פְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙ כֻּלֵּ֔ךְ כִּ֥י נִשְׁבַּ֖ר שֵׁ֣בֶט מַכֵּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־מִשֹּׁ֤רֶשׁ נָחָשׁ֙ יֵ֣צֵא צֶ֔פַע וּפִרְי֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ף מְעוֹפֵֽף׃
Word for word: do.not rejoice O.Philistia of.you all (dm).that it.has.been.broken the.rod of the.[one.who].struck.you (dm) from.[the] root of.a.snake it.will.go.forth a.viper and fruit its [will.be].a.serpent flying
JPS 1917: Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, and his fruit shall be a flying serpent.
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