סָרַף çâraph

Meaning

to cremate, i.e. to be (near) of kin (such being privileged to kindle the pyre)

In the King James Version: burn.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Amos 6:10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”