Saraf (שרף) means seraph in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
seraph
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Saraf.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מלאך או שד, המוזכר ביהדות ומתואר כבעל שש כנפיים.
שְׂרָפִים עֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לְאֶחָד בִּשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה פָנָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה רַגְלָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְעוֹפֵף.
- 2יהדות, בהשאלה(בעולם החסידות) צדיק גדול ופרוש מעסקי העולם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Saraf is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׂרָף
- Written without vowel points
- שרף
- Said
- saraf
- Root
- ש־ר־פ
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Plural
- שְׂרָפִים
- Inflections
- ר' שְׂרָפִים; שְׂרַף־, ר' שַׂרְפֵי־
- Gematria
- 580
This is how Saraf is said in other languages.
- English
- seraph
- Russian
- серафи́м
- French
- séraphin
- Spanish
- serafín
- German
- Seraph
These words mean nearly the same as Saraf.
- אראל
- מלאךangel
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Saraf.
The word Saraf comes from the root ש־ר־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Saraf in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Saraf.
What does Saraf (שרף) mean in Hebrew?
Saraf (שרף) means seraph. It is said saraf, with the stress on raf.
What is a synonym for Saraf (שרף)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Saraf (שרף) are אראל and מלאך.
What rhymes with Saraf (שרף)?
Words that rhyme with Saraf (שרף) include כנף, ענף, אף, כף, דף, and גף.
Is Saraf (שרף) masculine or feminine?
The word Saraf (שרף) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שְׂרָפִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שרף of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.