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Headword: *serafi/m
Adler number: sigma,241
Translated headword: Seraphim
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
In the plural [spelled] with an iota, but in the singular Serapheim with a diphthong.
Greek Original:
*serafi/m: plhquntikw=s dia\ tou= i, e)pi\ de\ e(nikou= *serafei\m dia\ difqo/ggou.
Note:
See also sigma 242, as well as chi 216 for Cherubim. The spelling *serafei/m also occurs in the Septuagint; there is no apparent basis for this distinction between singular and plural. The Hebrew distinguishes the singular saraf שָׂרָף "flaming angel" from the plural serafim שְׂרָפִים.
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2002@07:55:03.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 4 December 2004@15:45:01.
David Whitehead (typo) on 4 May 2011@04:26:29.
Raphael Finkel (Added Hebrew.) on 20 October 2013@23:33:32.
David Whitehead on 23 December 2013@04:45:58.
David Whitehead on 25 May 2016@09:49:20.
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