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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 ...
The Hashmallim (Hebrew: חַשְׁמַלִּים Ḥašmallīm; sing. Hashmal, חַשְׁמַל Ḥašmal; rendered amber by the Authorized Version) [1] are angelic entities in Judaism. [2] The word hashmal appears in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 1:4-5: And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire ...
Agiel. Zazel. Christianity, Judaism, Islam. Archangel, Seraph. The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn. Ananiel. Christianity. Watcher. Storm of God, Angel of water, guard of the gates of the South Wind [ 1 ]
Lailah (angel) Lailah (Heb. לַיְלָה, Laylāh, meaning "Night") is an angel in some interpretations in the Talmud and in some later Jewish mythology, associated with the night, as well as conception and pregnancy.
The theme of angels praising God was inserted into the passage by paytanim (Jewish liturgical poets). [4] Ophanim are mentioned in the El Adon prayer, often sung by the congregation, as part of the traditional Shabbat morning service. In the Jewish angelic hierarchy thrones and wheels are different. This is also true in the Kabbalistic angelic ...
Shem HaMephorash (Hebrew: שֵׁם הַמְּפֹרָשׁŠēm 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 ...
The angel Jophiel (Heb. יוֹפִיאֵל Yōp̄īʾēl, "Beauty of God"), [1][2] also called Iophiel, Iofiel, Jofiel, Yofiel, Youfiel, Zophiel (צֹפִיאֵל Ṣōp̄īʾēl, "God is my watchman") [3] and Zuriel (צוּרִיאֵל Ṣūrīʾēl, "God is my rock"), [4] is an archangel in Christian and Jewish angelology. Jophiel ...
Sefirot (/ s f ɪ ˈ r oʊ t, ˈ s f ɪr oʊ t /; Hebrew: סְפִירוֹת, romanized: səfiroṯ, plural of Koinē Greek: σφαῖρα, lit. 'sphere' [1]), [2] meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, [3] through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained descent of the ...