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2. Angels in Judaism - Wikipedia

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   The noun derives from the verbal consonantal root l-’-k (ל-א-ך), meaning specifically "to send with a message" and with time was substituted with more applicable sh-l-h. [4] In Biblical Hebrew this root is attested only in this noun and in the noun מְלָאכָה məlʾāḵā́, meaning "work", "occupation" or "craftsmanship".

3. Firmament - Wikipedia

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   These words all translate the Biblical Hebrew word rāqīaʿ (רָקִ֫יעַ ‎), used for example in Genesis 1.6, where it is contrasted with shamayim (שָׁמַיִם ‎), translated as "heaven(s)" in Genesis 1.1. Rāqīaʿ derives from the root rqʿ (רָקַע ‎), meaning "to beat or spread out thinly".

4. Heavenly host - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Ophanim - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Elohim - Wikipedia

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   Carved angel's head with Hebrew text "Elohim", from St. George's Church, Dublin. In a few cases in the Greek Septuagint (LXX), Hebrew elohim with a plural verb, or with implied plural context, was rendered either angeloi ("angels") or to kriterion tou Theou ("the judgement of God"). [53]

7. Names of God in Judaism - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Angel of the Lord - Wikipedia

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   The (or an) Angel of the Lord (Hebrew: מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה mal’āḵ YHWH "messenger of Yahweh") is an entity appearing repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible on behalf of the God of Israel. The guessed term malakh YHWH , which occurs 65 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible, can be translated either as "the angel of the Lord" or "an angel ...

9. Hod (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia

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   Hod is associated with the god-name of Elohim Tzabaoth. The archangel of this sphere is Michael, and the Bene Elohim is the Angelic order. [3] The opposing demonic force of the qlippoth is Samael. [4] Hod is said to be the sphere in which the magician mostly works. An example is given by occultist and author Dion Fortune in The Mystical Qabalah: