metaphorically

adverb

«metaphorically» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says that God "writes" or "engraves" the world with letters. Readers take this as a picture of God's thought, speech and action being one.

Meaning

In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally. tree →

Examples

Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

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On Mova

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