by way of borrowing (metaphorically)

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by way of borrowing (metaphorically)

by way of borrowing (metaphorically)

In a transferred way. Through the use of metaphor. The use of a word or linguistic phrase not in its literal or original meaning, but in a broader sense.

("And everything that appears in the Holy Scriptures describing God in physical terms, such as movement, standing, sitting, speaking, and the like—all is by way of borrowing, as they said: ‘The Torah speaks in the language of man’"—Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishnah, Introduction to ‘Helek’, 8, 314)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּדֶרֶךְ הַהַשְׁאָלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּצוּרָה שֶׁל הַעֲבָרָה. תּוֹךְ שִׁמּוּשׁ בַּמֵּטָפוֹרָה. שִׁמּוּשׁ בְּמִלָּה אוֹ צֵרוּף לְשׁוֹנִי שֶׁלֹּא בְּמַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּלּוּלִית אוֹ הַמְּקוֹרִית אֶלָּא בְּהוֹרָאָה רְחָבָה יוֹתֵר.

("וְכָל מָה שְׁבָא בְּכִתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִתָּאֳרוֹ (שֶׁל הקב"ה) בְּתָאֳרִי הַגּוּפִים, כְּמוֹ הַהֶעְתֵּק, וְהָעֲמִידָה, וְהַיְּשִׁיבָה, וְהַדִּבּוּר וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה- הַכֹּל דֶּרֶךְ הַשְּׁאֵלָה, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ: דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה בַּלָּשׁוֹן בֵּנִי אָדָם"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ פֵּרוּשׁ הַמִּשְׁנָה, הַקְדָּמָה לְפֶרֶק "חֵלֶק", ח, 314)

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