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“The Heavenly Ones are Counted Ones”

God told Abraham about Heaven and those who are born of it.

And he is causing to go out אֶת-himself the Outside-ward, and is saying, `Look, now, Dual-Heavenly-ones-ward, and count the Stars, if you are able to record אֶת-them.` And he is saying to-himself, `Thus he is your seed.`

Genesis 15:5 literal

The Mesapharim

The Hebrew for “to count” is saphar. The passive participle masculine plural means those who are counted, it is written mesapharim and is similar to chayyim (living ones), cherubim, raphaim (giant ones), or nephalim (fallen ones), etc. The word mesapharim, or counted ones, appears in two scriptures,

To the eminent, a song to David: the Heavenly-ones are those-counted [mesapharim] of the honor of El, And the work of his hands is he-who-exposes [or exposer, maggid] the stamped-expanse.

Psalm 19:1 Literal

We are not hiding from their sons to a latter generation those-counted [mesapharim] the praises of Yahweh, And his fierceness, and his wonderful-ones [participle feminine plural] whom he has made.

Psalm 78:4 Literal