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title: שָׂרָף — Saraph · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂרָף (8315), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Saraph. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂרָף

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«שָׂרָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Saraph** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8315 · **BDB:** שָׂרָף³

### Glosses

Saraph (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Saraph [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8315/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8315/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Judahite;—1 Ch 4:22; Σαια, A 𝔊L Σαραφ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂרָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8315/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.22/)

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וְיוֹקִ֞ים וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י כֹזֵבָ֗א וְיוֹאָ֧שׁ וְשָׂרָ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־בָּעֲל֥וּ לְמוֹאָ֖ב וְיָשֻׁ֣בִי לָ֑חֶם יָשֻׁ֣בִי לָ֑חֶם וְהַדְּבָרִ֖ים עַתִּיקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Jokim and the.men of.Kozeba and Joash and Saraph who they.ruled to Moab and Jashubi Lehem and the words \[are\].ancient

*JPS 1917:* and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.

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