| Hebrew
expression |
Transliteration
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Translation/
sources |
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mal'ach
(mal'achim, pl.)
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Angel (Angels)
"The
Lord, the God of heaven... He will send His angel before you" (Genesis
24:7)
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mal'ach
hamavet
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malachei
habala
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Angels
of destruction (post-Biblical) |
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malachei
hasharet
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Ministering
angels perform the priestly functions in God's celestial court (Bible,
Talmud, Zohar) |
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malachei
shalom
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mishlakhat
malachei ra'im
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Mission
of evil angels; literary expression for those who bring trouble and disaster |
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malach
hamavet kulo male einayim
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The angel
of death is all eyes (i.e., there is no escape from death; the angel of
death will reach you everywhere). |
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malachei
elyon
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Angels
of the upper (celestial) realm, as envisaged in the Talmud. |
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saraph
(serphim)
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Synonym
for angel (Isaiah 6:2). In the Passover Haggadah we say that God and "not
an angel, nor a saraph" took the people of Israel out of Egypt
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kruv
(kruvim, pl.); kruva (Aramaic)
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Cherub:
name of an angel (Genesis
3:24). Also the name of the golden winged image on the Ark of the
Covenant in the Tabernacle and in the Holy Temple (Exodus
25:20) |
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malachut |
Mission
(Haggai 1:13) |
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er'el |
Lit.,
lion of God: Angel, emissary (Isaiah
33:7); Popular girl's name in Israel today. |