שָׂרָף
sa.raph (H8314A)
serpent
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word שָׂרָף (sa.raph) refers to a serpent, belonging to the category of animals and creatures. This single word, with a simple meaning of a serpent, is used five times in the Bible, suggesting a moderate frequency that requires attention. Given its presence in the sacred text, this word likely carries some significance beyond its basic definition. Although we know nothing about the context or specific usage of this word beyond its lemma and frequency, its definition and classification as an animal make it a part of the diverse world described in scripture. As such, the word שָׂרָף (sa.raph) adds to the richness and variety of the biblical narrative.
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Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.