херовимъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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

Noun

херовимъ • (xerovimŭ) m

(always in the plural, declined as if singular) cherubim
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “херовимѣ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (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 (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 šestokrilĭ҆nij҆ · i҅ trepeštǫtŭ mnogoo҅čitij҆ · 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

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	— —	— —	херовимъ xerovimŭ
Accusative	— —	— —	херовимъ xerovimŭ
Genitive	— —	— —	херовима xerovima
Locative	— —	— —	херовимѣ xerovimě
Dative	— —	— —	херовимоу xerovimu
Instrumental	— —	— —	херовимомь xerovimomĭ
Vocative	— —	— —	херовиме xerovime