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English translation: Not the angels you mention

17:52 Aug 3, 2010
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Amulet text and translation
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Can anyone transliterate the words on this picture?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaphtziel.jpg

Does it contain the three three names: Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof?
Mila1
Local time: 09:32
English translation:Not the angels you mention
Explanation:
No - It has nothing to do with the 3 angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof.

It shows 4 names of the lord on the sides,
and in the middle (top and bottom) the name of the angel Kaphtziel,
and only one more name/word I can't decypher in the center.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:21:26 GMT)
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Hi. I'll try to help:
If the amulet is devoted to the angel KAPHTZIEL, it may refer to one of the things that this (rare, in scripts) angel symbolizes:
1. Amulets with KAPHTZIEL are related to the planet venus (whatever that may mean in astronomy/astrology...)
www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_3682_111.pdf
2. KAPHTZIEL (as is encoded in the Hebrew letters it stems from) relates to the "Kphitzat Ha'Derekh" - A miraculous leap over a huge distance in space in the Jewish folklore.
("קפציאל לקפיצת הדרך" - www.scribd.com/doc/26349138/cordovero-abulafia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefitzat_Haderech

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:27:28 GMT)
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Sorry -
Other sources (that look better) state that KAPHTZIEL symbolizes Saturn, not Venus.
www.macabia.co.il/apage/25820.php

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:30:04 GMT)
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...and here's a GREAT English source about this angel
and about this amulet:

kaphtziel.blogspot.com/2004/12/angel-kaphtziel.html

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:30:26 GMT)
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http://kaphtziel.blogspot.com/2004/12/angel-kaphtziel.html
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Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 17:32
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Summary of answers provided
5Not the angels you mention
Ron Armon
3קפציאל אהיה קפציאל
meirs


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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
קפציאל אהיה קפציאל


Explanation:
כתב רש"י


    Reference: http://www.stanford.edu/class/hebrew/letters/rashialphabet.h...
meirs
Israel
Local time: 17:32
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RomanianRomanian
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Not the angels you mention


Explanation:
No - It has nothing to do with the 3 angels Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangelof.

It shows 4 names of the lord on the sides,
and in the middle (top and bottom) the name of the angel Kaphtziel,
and only one more name/word I can't decypher in the center.

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:21:26 GMT)
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Hi. I'll try to help:
If the amulet is devoted to the angel KAPHTZIEL, it may refer to one of the things that this (rare, in scripts) angel symbolizes:
1. Amulets with KAPHTZIEL are related to the planet venus (whatever that may mean in astronomy/astrology...)
www.hebrewbooks.org/pagefeed/hebrewbooks_org_3682_111.pdf
2. KAPHTZIEL (as is encoded in the Hebrew letters it stems from) relates to the "Kphitzat Ha'Derekh" - A miraculous leap over a huge distance in space in the Jewish folklore.
("קפציאל לקפיצת הדרך" - www.scribd.com/doc/26349138/cordovero-abulafia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefitzat_Haderech

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:27:28 GMT)
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Sorry -
Other sources (that look better) state that KAPHTZIEL symbolizes Saturn, not Venus.
www.macabia.co.il/apage/25820.php

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:30:04 GMT)
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...and here's a GREAT English source about this angel
and about this amulet:

kaphtziel.blogspot.com/2004/12/angel-kaphtziel.html

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2010-08-04 19:30:26 GMT)
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http://kaphtziel.blogspot.com/2004/12/angel-kaphtziel.html


Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 17:32
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much! Any idea what the amulet was used for?

Asker: That's amazing! Thank you so much!!!

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