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# metaphorical

adjective

«metaphorical» 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

### Meaning

Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphorical/#m1)

### Examples

- And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphorical/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «metaphorical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphorical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«metaphorical» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/metaphorical.html) on Mova free.