Кстати, правильнее говорить "тераф"; "терафим" - множественное число.
Это не совсем так.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=150&letter=T&search=Teraphim
The form of the word in Hebrew must be regarded as a plural of excellence. Just as "Elohim" denotes "gods" and "God," the form "teraphim" is applicable to each single object as well as to the entire class (comp. I Sam. xix. 13 and Gen. xxxi. 19).
-- Mike R.
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