херовимъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərūḇīm), plural of כְּרוּב (kərūḇ).

Noun

херовимъ • (xerovimŭ) m

1. (always in the plural, declined as if singular) cherubim
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “херовимѣ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 80.5, line 5:

     […] бѣа҅ше а҅леѯандръ хвалꙙ бога и҅ глагол҄ꙙ : цѣсароуѧи вь҆ вѣкꙑ богъ · сѣдꙙи҆ на херовимѣ · ѥ҅гоже хвалꙙтъ а҅гг҄ели и҅ а҅рꙿхагг҄ели · благословь҆ѭ̑ тꙙ а҅ꙁъ грѣшънъи҆ · а҅леѯандръ […]

     […] běa҅še a҅leksandrŭ xvalę boga i҅ glagolʹę : cěsaruęi vĭ҆ věky bogŭ · sědęi҆ na xerovimě · je҅gože xvalętŭ a҅ggʹeli i҅ a҅rꙿxaggʹeli · blagoslovĭ҆jǫ̑ tę a҅zŭ grěšŭny҆ · a҅leksandrŭ […]

     […] Alexander praised God and said: “God, ruling unto the aeons, sitting on the cherubim, whom angels and archangels praise, I, the sinning Alexander, bless you.” […]

   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “херовимъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 229.5, line 13:

     […] и҅ вараѭ̑тъ херовимъ · и҅ прѣтѣкаѭ̑тъ серафимъ · и҅ с н҄има носꙙтъ прѣстолꙑ · и҅ покрꙑваѭ̑тъ шестокриль҆нии҆ · и҅ трепештѫтъ многоо҅читии҆ · видꙙште їсоуса въ пльти беꙁъ о҅чию̑ […]

     […] i҅ varajǫ̑tŭ xerovimŭ · i҅ prětěkajǫ̑tŭ serafimŭ · i҅ s nʹima nosętŭ prěstoly · i҅ pokryvajǫ̑tŭ šestokrilĭ҆nii҆ · i҅ trepeštǫtŭ mnogoo҅čitii҆ · vidęšte isusa vŭ plĭti bezŭ o҅čijȗ […]

     […] and the cherubim run before (them), and the seraphim course past (them), and the Thrones carry (Him) with them, and the six-winged ones cover (Him), and the many-eyed ones tremble, seeing Jesus in the flesh without eyes […]

Declension

Declension of херовимъ (type)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	— —	— —	херовимоу xerovimu
genitive	— —	херовима xerovima	— —
dative	херовимъ xerovimŭ	— —	— —
accusative	— —	— —	херовимомь xerovimomĭ
instrumental	— —	херовимѣ xerovimě	— —
locative	херовимъ xerovimŭ	— —	— —
vocative	— —	— —	херовиме xerovime