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In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ, romanized: mal’āḵ, lit. 'messenger', plural: מַלְאָכִים mal’āḵīm) are supernatural beings [1] that appear throughout The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), rabbinic literature, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Jewish philosophy and mysticism, and traditional Jewish liturgy as agents of the God of Israel.
In the Yetzira are the creatures of Ezekiel 1 and the ten classes of angels ruled over by Metatron; In the Assiah are the Ophanim, and the angels that combat evil, governed by Sandalphon. In the Zohar, Atziluth is taken to be simply God's direct emanation, in contradistinction to the other emanations derived from the sefirot.
Depiction of the Commander of the Lord's Army in Joshua 5, by Ferdinand Bol, 1642.. In the Hebrew Bible, the name Yahweh and the title Elohim (literally 'gods' or 'godhood', usually rendered as 'God' in English translations) frequently occur with the word tzevaot or sabaoth ("hosts" or "armies", Hebrew: צבאות) as YHWH Elohe Tzevaot ("YHWH God of Hosts"), Elohe Tzevaot ("God of Hosts ...
Seraphiel (Hebrew: שׂרפיאל, meaning "Seraph of God/El") is the name of an angel in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. Protector of Metatron, Seraphiel holds the highest rank of the Seraphim with the following directly below him, Jehoel. In some texts, [which?] he is referred to as the Angel of Silence.
[citation needed] In Codex Alexandrinus "sons of God" has been omitted and replaced by "angels". [25] This reading of Angels is further confirmed by Augustine in his work City of God where he speaks of both variants in book 15 chapter 23. [26] The Peshitta reads "sons of God". [27] Furthermore the Vulgate goes for the literal filii Dei meaning ...
The Virtue Haniel, engraving by Crispijn van de Passe, circa 1575. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.. Haniel (Hebrew: חַנִּיאֵל, Ḥannīʾēl, "God is my grace"; Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ Ananiēl; [1] Arabic: أنانيال, 'Anya'il), also known as Hananel, Anael, Hanael or Aniel, is an angel in Jewish lore and angelology, and she is often included in lists as being one ...
Cassiel is sometimes described as the angel of tears and the angel of temperance. [17] [14] As Qafsiel, he is sometimes regarded as the ruler of the moon instead of Saturn. [19] Averroes and Ibn Arabi likewise listed Saturn as the planetary counterpart of the archangel Kafziel. [20]
The general halachic opinion is that this only applies to the sacred Hebrew names of God, not to other euphemistic references; there is a dispute as to whether the word "God" in English or other languages may be erased or whether Jewish law and/or Jewish custom forbids doing so, directly or as a precautionary "fence" about the law.