Editing Resheph (section)

===Hebrew Bible===
References to Resheph are present in the [[Hebrew Bible]],{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=702}} though compared to deities such as [[Baal]] he is not mentioned frequently.{{sfn|Cornelius|1994|p=3}} It is assumed that before the [[Babylonian captivity|Babylonian Exile]], Resheph might have been regarded as a minor deity inflicting diseases on behalf of [[Yahweh]],{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=264}} while by the time of the compilation of the [[Books of Chronicles|Book of Chronicles]], in the fourth or third century BCE, he was no longer worshiped by the [[Hebrews]].{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=223}} Eventually his name came to be understood as a common noun.{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=226}}{{sfn|Smith|2014|p=79}} In [[Biblical Hebrew]], ''resheph'' {{Script/Hebrew|רֶשֶׁף}} means "flame, firebolt", derived from {{Script/Hebrew|שָׂרַף}} "to burn".<ref>[[Strong's Concordance]] [https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H7565&t=KJV H7565]</ref> Individual biblical passages show varying degrees of demythologization, therefore the name is not always used to refer to a personified figure, and sometimes serves only as a poetic metaphor.{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=703}} Echoes of Resheph's role as a god of plague have been identified in Deuteronomy 32:24 and Psalm 78:48.{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=702}} In both cases, he is represented as a tool of divine wrath.{{sfn|Xella|1999|pp=702-703}} He is also mentioned in [[Habakkuk 3]]:5, according to Theodore Hiebert as a personified figure acting as the attendant of Yahweh ([[Eloah]]), though most contemporary translations treat the name as a common noun in this case.{{sfn|Hiebert|2018|p=92}} He is paired in this context with Deber, presumably also originally a personified deity.{{sfn|Hiebert|2018|pp=92-93}} The passage most likely reflects the image of Yahweh as a great god accompanied by an entourage of lesser deities, similar to examples known from [[Ugaritic]] and Mesopotamian literature, such as the reference to [[Adad]]'s servants [[Shullat and Hanish]] in the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]''.{{sfn|Hiebert|2018|p=93}} In the [[Book of Job|Job]] 5:7, there is mention of the "sons of ''resheph''", translated in the [[Septuagint]] as {{lang|grc|νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς}}, "the young of the vulture".{{sfn|Dunham|2016|p=24}}

Only one [[Theophory in the Bible|theophoric name]] invoking Resheph has been identified in the Bible, specifically in [[1 Chronicles 7]]:25, where an individual named Resheph is mentioned{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=216}} as a son of [[Ephraim]].{{sfn|Xella|1999|p=702}} While uncommon, the use of a theonym itself as a theophoric name is not unparalleled.{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=223}}