Note 247 — THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The Rabbis (after Matth. xix. 12) count three kinds of Eunuchs; (1) Seris chammah=of the sun, i.e. natural: (2) Seris Adam=manufactured per homines; and (3) Seris Chammayim=of God (i.e. religious abstainer). Seris (castrated) or Abd (slave) is the general Hebrew name.