sa.raph denotes a serpent in wilderness danger, biting judgment, and prophetic imagery.

The attested uses refer to serpents: dangerous creatures in wilderness settings and in the biting episode of Numbers, and figures within prophetic descriptions of a serpent and a flying serpent.

1. Serpents in danger and biting contexts · dominant

   The singular form occurs among wilderness hazards in Deuteronomy 8:15 and among the animals of a distressed land in Isaiah 30:6. In Numbers 21:6 the plural names the creatures sent among the people that bit them, while in Numbers 21:8 the singular is the object Moses is told to make and set on a banner.

   Deuteronomy 8:15Isaiah 30:6Numbers 21:6Numbers 21:8
2. Serpent in prophetic imagery · rare

   In Isaiah 14:29 the singular occurs in a comparison that moves from a serpent to its fruit, which the APB renders as a "flying serpent."

   Isaiah 14:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "serpents" and "serpent" in the wilderness and Numbers passages, and includes "flying serpent" in Isaiah 14:29 and Isaiah 30:6. These renderings confirm the verses' animal imagery rather than isolate every occurrence precisely.