archangel
רפאל
Also written Rĕphael and Rephael.
Raphael heals and guides in Tobit and stands among the holy angels of 1 Enoch. Agrippa later gives him to the Sun, and Hermetic Qabalah carries that solar angel into Tiphareth.
Raphael is not named as an angel in the Hebrew Bible's canonical books. Tobit and 1 Enoch are the primary ancient sources used here.
4 sourced claims: 2 canonical , 2 traditional
Hermetic Qabalah
Raphael is anciently attested in Tobit and 1 Enoch, but not named as an angel in the Hebrew Bible's canonical books. Agrippa directly assigns Raphael to Tiphereth and the Sun.
Name meanings, spellings and the earliest sources located in this research pass.
God heals
The meaning matches the narrative role assigned in Tobit.
Raphael identifies himself as one of seven holy angels who enter the divine presence.
Tobit is ancient Jewish evidence, although communities differ over its canonical status.
What particular texts actually say the figure does; later devotional generalisations are not substituted for them.
Healing and guidance in Tobit; set over the spirits of humanity in 1 Enoch.
These roles come from two ancient textual settings.
Renaissance and modern Western esoteric attributions. These do not retroactively make the Tree placement biblical or ancient.
Sun
Raphael in Agrippa's first list. This is a Renaissance Hermetic attribution.