Cherubim

A cherub (; pl.: cherubim; Hebrew: כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים kərūḇīm) is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.

Etymology
Delitzch's Assyrisches Handwörterbuch (1896) connected the name keruv with Assyrian kirubu (a name of the shedu or lamassu) and karabu ("great, mighty").
Salomon Karppe (1897) glossed Babylonian karâbu as "propitious" rather than "mighty".
Stephen Herbert Langdon (1923) in his The Babylonian Epic of Creation, said: "karubu has the same meaning as karibu, 'one who prays', an image of a mythical monster placed at the gates of temples and palaces. This 'intercessor', a figure of a mythical monster, is clearly identical with the Hebrew kerub, cherub."
Dhorme (1926) similarly connected the Hebrew name to Assyrian kāribu (diminutive kurību), a term used to refer to intercessory beings (and statues of such beings) that plead with the gods on behalf of humanity with the literal meaning of "blesser".
The folk etymology connecting cherub to a Hebrew word for "youthful" is due to Abbahu (3rd century).
The Hebrew word was transliterated in Greek with a chi (χερουβ), and then in Latin with "ch". While "ch" in words coming from Greek are usually pronounced as a k in English (such as "chemistry" or "chela"), the "ch" in "cherub" is normally pronounced as in "church". According to Raanan Eichler, 'cherubim' may also relate to the Greek word 'grýps' (griphon).…