saraph

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָף (śārāp̄).

Noun

saraph (plural seraphim)

1. 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.