("God has healed")- of Chaldean origin, originally called Labbiel.
Raphael is one of the Three great angels in post-Biblical lore.
He first appears in The Book of Tobit( a work external to the Hebrew canon, apocryphal in Protestant Scripture, canonical in Catholic) The Zohar "Raphael is charged to heal the Earth and through him .... the earth furnishes an abode for man, whom he also heals of his maladies.
Chief of the order of virtues, governer of the South, guardian of the West, ruling prince of, "Second Heaven" , overseer of the evening winds, guardian of The Tree Of Life in the Garden Of Eden, One of Six angels of repentance, angel of prayer, love, joy, and light. Above he is , as his name denotes the "Angel Of Healing".
When Solomon prayed to God for help in building of the Temple, God answered with the gift of a magic ring brought to the Hebrew king personally by Raphael. The ring engraved with the pentalpha (Five-pointed star), had the power to subdue all demons, it was with slave labor of demons that Solomon was able to complete the building of the Temple.
peace
Ublisi