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    A seraph is one of the angels that, in the Bible, stand closest to God and guard his seat. In the famous picture in Isaiah they have six wings.

    A seraph is one of the angelsseraph是天使的一種 that, in the Bible, stand closest to God and guard his seat在聖經裡是站得離神最近、守護祂寶座的那種 In the famous picture in Isaiah在以賽亞書那段有名的描寫裡 they have six wings他們有六隻翅膀

    This is church-and-literature English, not cafe English; most daily speakers would just say angel.

    This is church-and-literature English這是教會和文學裡用的英文 not cafe English不是咖啡廳閒聊的英文 most daily speakers would just say angel大部分人平常就只會說angel

    The English singular seraph was cut back from the plural seraphim, which English took from Latin seraphim, and Latin from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (sərāp̄īm), the plural of שָׂרָף (sārāp̄). The King James Bible even a double plural, seraphims. The Oxford English Dictionary says the singular seraph may have begun with John Milton, in Paradise Lost (1667).

    The English singular seraph was cut back from the plural seraphim英文的單數seraph其實是從複數seraphim簡化回來的 which English took from Latin seraphim而seraphim是英文從拉丁文的seraphim借來的 and Latin from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (sərāp̄īm)拉丁文又是從聖經希伯來文的שְׂרָפִים借來的 the plural of שָׂרָף (sārāp̄)也就是שָׂרָף的複數形 The King James Bible even writes a double plural, seraphims英王欽定本聖經甚至寫成seraphims，等於複數又加了一次 The Oxford English Dictionary says the singular seraph may have begun with John Milton牛津英語詞典說單數seraph可能是從約翰．彌爾頓開始用的 in Paradise Lost (1667)出自他的《失樂園》（1667年）

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組成Back-formation: English built a singular seraph from the plural seraphim. That plural came from Latin seraphim, from Biblical Hebrew שְׂרָפִים (sərāp̄īm), plural of שָׂרָף (sārāp̄).

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  • seraphimthe old plural; seraph was built later as the singular
  • seraphicthe adjective: like a seraph

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

seraphnoun/ˈsɛɹəf/

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    biblicallifestylereligionA burning serpent, often winged, with human hands and sometimes feet; one of God's entourage. On Earth, they strike with burning poison; in Heaven, with burning coal.

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    A six-winged angel; one of the highest choir or order of angels in Christian angelology, ranked above cherubim, and below God.

    • From these uncordial reveries he is roused by a cordial slap on the shoulder, accompanied by a spicy volume of tobacco-smoke, out of which came a voice, sweet as a seraph's
    • I don’t mean that,—I said,—you blessed little saint and seraph!—if there’s an angel missing in the New Jerusalem, inquire for her at this boarding house!

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。