metaphorically

«metaphorically» in Mova's judaism dictionary: In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

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

sense in the lessons

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.

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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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «metaphorically» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.