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Rose of Sharon (in Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן) is a biblical expression, though the identity of the plant referred to is unclear and is disputed among biblical scholars. It has become a common name for several different species of flowering plants that are valued in different parts of the world. In neither case does it ...
The high regard for flowers in ancient Jewish culture is further evidenced by the presence of floral motifs its artistic creations. Examples include the Temple menorah, [5] the pillars of the Temple, and the Molten Sea adorned with "lily flowers." [6] The Talmud states that Solomon's Temple contained golden representations of various aromatic ...
Raphael ( Arabic: إسرافيل, romanized : ʾIsrāfīl, alternate spellings: Israfel, Esrafil) [citation needed] is a venerated archangel according to Islamic tradition. In Islamic eschatology, Israfil will blow the trumpet from a holy rock in Jerusalem to announce the Day of Judgment ( Yawm al-Qiyāmah ).
t. e. Chokmah ( Hebrew: חָכְמָה, romanized : ḥoḵmā, also transliterated as chokma, chokhmah or hokhma) is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as "wisdom" in English Bible versions ( LXX σοφία sophia, Vulgate sapientia ). [ 1] It is the second of the ten sefirot in Kabbalah, and represents the first power of conscious intellect ...
The name Lilith stems from lilû, lilîtu, and (w)ardat lilî). The Akkadian word lilû is related to the Hebrew word lilit appearing in Isaiah 34:14, which is thought to be a night bird by some modern scholars such as Judit M. Blair. [7] In Mesopotamian religion, found in the cuneiform texts of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia, lilîtu is a ...
Helichrysum sanguineum, known in English as red everlasting and red cudweed, is a flowering plant of the genus Helichrysum in the family Asteraceae. [1] It grows in mountain forests in the Levant where it blooms in April–June. [1] [2] The flower, known in Hebrew as "Blood of the Maccabees ", has become the icon of Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day ...
Uriel / ˈ ʊər i ə l /, Auriel (Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, "El/God is my flame"; [5] Greek: Οὐριήλ Oúriḗl; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriēl; [6] Italian: Uriele; [7] Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl [8] or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) [9] or Oriel is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in the post-exilic rabbinic tradition and in certain ...
Shem HaMephorash ( Hebrew: שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁ Šēm hamMəfōrāš, also Shem ha-Mephorash ), meaning "the explicit name," was originally a Tannaitic term for the Tetragrammaton. [ 1] In Kabbalah, it may refer to a name of God composed of either 4, 12, 22, 42, or 72 letters (or triads of letters), the latter version being the most ...