. . "A seraph (/\u02C8s\u025Br.\u0259f/; pl. seraphs or seraphim /\u02C8s\u025Br.\u0259.f\u026Am/, in the King James Version also seraphims (plural); Hebrew: \u05E9\u05B8\u05C2\u05E8\u05B8\u05E3 \u015B\u0101r\u0101f, plural \u05E9\u05B0\u05C2\u05E8\u05B8\u05E4\u05B4\u05D9\u05DD \u015B\u0259r\u0101f\u00EEm; Latin: seraphim and seraphin (plural), also seraphus (-i, m.); Greek: \u03C3\u03B5\u03C1\u03B1\u03C6\u03B5\u03AF\u03BC seraphe\u00EDm) is a type of celestial or heavenly being in Christianity and Judaism.Tradition places seraphs in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy."@en .