בְּדֶרֶךְ הַהַשְׁאָלָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

by way of borrowing (metaphorically)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)