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8 results for "figures"
1. Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs, 4.12, 4.15 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures (literary) Found in books: Damm (2018) 48
4.12. "גַּן נָעוּל אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם׃", 4.15. "מַעְיַן גַּנִּים בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים וְנֹזְלִים מִן־לְבָנוֹן׃", 4.12. A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 4.15. Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
2. Hebrew Bible, Hosea, 6.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures (literary) Found in books: Damm (2018) 48
6.2. "יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיֹּמָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִמֵנוּ וְנִחְיֶה לְפָנָיו׃", 6.2. "After two days will He revive us, On the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.",
3. Hebrew Bible, Job, 5.17-5.27 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures (literary) Found in books: Damm (2018) 49
5.17. "הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס׃", 5.18. "כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו [וְיָדָיו] תִּרְפֶּינָה׃", 5.19. "בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע׃", 5.21. "בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבוֹא׃", 5.22. "לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא׃", 5.23. "כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ׃", 5.24. "וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא׃", 5.25. "וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ׃", 5.26. "תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּוֹ׃", 5.27. "הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃", 5.17. "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.", 5.18. "For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.", 5.19. "He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.", 5.20. "In famine He will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.", 5.21. "Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.", 5.22. "At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.", 5.23. "For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.", 5.24. "And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.", 5.25. "Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.", 5.26. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.", 5.27. "Lo this, we have searched it, So it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.",
4. Hebrew Bible, Micah, 5.4-5.5 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures (literary) Found in books: Damm (2018) 48
5.4. "וְהָיָה זֶה שָׁלוֹם אַשּׁוּר כִּי־יָבוֹא בְאַרְצֵנוּ וְכִי יִדְרֹךְ בְּאַרְמְנֹתֵינוּ וַהֲקֵמֹנוּ עָלָיו שִׁבְעָה רֹעִים וּשְׁמֹנָה נְסִיכֵי אָדָם׃", 5.5. "וְרָעוּ אֶת־אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר בַּחֶרֶב וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹד בִּפְתָחֶיהָ וְהִצִּיל מֵאַשּׁוּר כִּי־יָבוֹא בְאַרְצֵנוּ וְכִי יִדְרֹךְ בִּגְבוּלֵנוּ׃", 5.4. "And this shall be peace: When the Assyrian shall come into our land, And when he shall tread in our palaces, Then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, And eight princes among men.", 5.5. "And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, And the land of Nimrod with the keen-edged sword; And he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, And when he treadeth within our border.",
5. Hebrew Bible, Proverbs, None (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Damm (2018) 48, 49
1.6. "לְהָבִין מָשָׁל וּמְלִיצָה דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְחִידֹתָם׃", 6.16. "שֶׁשׁ־הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע תועבות [תּוֹעֲבַת] נַפְשׁוֹ׃", 6.17. "עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם־נָקִי׃", 6.18. "לֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרוֹת לָרוּץ לָרָעָה׃", 6.19. "יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִים׃", 7.6. "כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָפְתִּי׃", 7.7. "וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵב׃", 7.8. "עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָד׃", 7.9. "בְּנֶשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה׃", 7.11. "הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶיהָ׃", 7.12. "פַּעַם בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כָּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹב׃", 7.13. "וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה־לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לוֹ׃", 7.14. "זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָי׃", 7.15. "עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ׃", 7.16. "מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם׃", 7.17. "נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמוֹן׃", 7.18. "לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִים׃", 7.19. "כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחוֹק׃", 7.21. "הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ׃", 7.22. "הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִיל׃", 7.23. "עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הוּא׃", 24.31. "וְהִנֵּה עָלָה כֻלּוֹ קִמְּשֹׂנִים כָּסּוּ פָנָיו חֲרֻלִּים וְגֶדֶר אֲבָנָיו נֶהֱרָסָה׃", 24.32. "וָאֶחֱזֶה אָנֹכִי אָשִׁית לִבִּי רָאִיתִי לָקַחְתִּי מוּסָר׃", 24.33. "מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב׃", 24.34. "וּבָא־מִתְהַלֵּךְ רֵישֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרֶיךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵן׃", 30.5. "כָּל־אִמְרַת אֱלוֹהַּ צְרוּפָה מָגֵן הוּא לַחֹסִים בּוֹ׃", 30.6. "אַל־תּוֹסְףְּ עַל־דְּבָרָיו פֶּן־יוֹכִיחַ בְּךָ וְנִכְזָבְתָּ׃", 30.7. "שְׁתַּיִם שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאִתָּךְ אַל־תִּמְנַע מִמֶּנִּי בְּטֶרֶם אָמוּת׃", 30.8. "שָׁוְא וּדְבַר־כָּזָב הַרְחֵק מִמֶּנִּי רֵאשׁ וָעֹשֶׁר אַל־תִּתֶּן־לִי הַטְרִיפֵנִי לֶחֶם חֻקִּי׃", 30.9. "פֶּן אֶשְׂבַּע וְכִחַשְׁתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּי מִי יְהוָה וּפֶן־אִוָּרֵשׁ וְגָנַבְתִּי וְתָפַשְׂתִּי שֵׁם אֱלֹהָי׃", 30.11. "דּוֹר אָבִיו יְקַלֵּל וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ לֹא יְבָרֵךְ׃", 30.12. "דּוֹר טָהוֹר בְּעֵינָיו וּמִצֹּאָתוֹ לֹא רֻחָץ׃", 30.13. "דּוֹר מָה־רָמוּ עֵינָיו וְעַפְעַפָּיו יִנָּשֵׂאוּ׃", 30.14. "דּוֹר חֲרָבוֹת שִׁנָּיו וּמַאֲכָלוֹת מְתַלְּעֹתָיו לֶאֱכֹל עֲנִיִּים מֵאֶרֶץ וְאֶבְיוֹנִים מֵאָדָם׃", 30.15. "לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת הַב הַב שָׁלוֹשׁ הֵנָּה לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה אַרְבַּע לֹא־אָמְרוּ הוֹן׃", 30.16. "שְׁאוֹל וְעֹצֶר רָחַם אֶרֶץ לֹא־שָׂבְעָה מַּיִם וְאֵשׁ לֹא־אָמְרָה הוֹן׃", 30.18. "שְׁלֹשָׁה הֵמָּה נִפְלְאוּ מִמֶּנִּי וארבע [וְאַרְבָּעָה] לֹא יְדַעְתִּים׃", 30.19. "דֶּרֶךְ הַנֶּשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם דֶּרֶךְ נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי צוּר דֶּרֶךְ־אֳנִיָּה בְלֶב־יָם וְדֶרֶךְ גֶּבֶר בְּעַלְמָה׃", 30.21. "תַּחַת שָׁלוֹשׁ רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ וְתַחַת אַרְבַּע לֹא־תוּכַל שְׂאֵת׃", 30.22. "תַּחַת־עֶבֶד כִּי יִמְלוֹךְ וְנָבָל כִּי יִשְׂבַּע־לָחֶם׃", 30.23. "תַּחַת שְׂנוּאָה כִּי תִבָּעֵל וְשִׁפְחָה כִּי־תִירַשׁ גְּבִרְתָּהּ׃", 30.24. "אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּי־אָרֶץ וְהֵמָּה חֲכָמִים מְחֻכָּמִים׃", 30.25. "הַנְּמָלִים עַם לֹא־עָז וַיָּכִינוּ בַקַּיִץ לַחְמָם׃", 30.26. "שְׁפַנִּים עַם לֹא־עָצוּם וַיָּשִׂימוּ בַסֶּלַע בֵּיתָם׃", 30.27. "מֶלֶךְ אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה וַיֵּצֵא חֹצֵץ כֻּלּוֹ׃", 30.28. "שְׂמָמִית בְּיָדַיִם תְּתַפֵּשׂ וְהִיא בְּהֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ׃", 30.29. "שְׁלֹשָׁה הֵמָּה מֵיטִיבֵי צָעַד וְאַרְבָּעָה מֵיטִבֵי לָכֶת׃", 30.31. "זַרְזִיר מָתְנַיִם אוֹ־תָיִשׁ וּמֶלֶךְ אַלְקוּם עִמּוֹ׃", 1.6. "To understand a proverb, and a figure; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.", 6.16. "There are six things which the LORD hateth, Yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:", 6.17. "Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;", 6.18. "A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, Feet that are swift in running to evil;", 6.19. "A false witness that breatheth out lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.", 7.6. "For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;", 7.7. "And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,", 7.8. "Passing through the street near her corner, And he went the way to her house;", 7.9. "In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the blackness of night and the darkness.", 7.10. "And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.", 7.11. "She is riotous and rebellious, Her feet abide not in her house;", 7.12. "Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.", 7.13. "So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:", 7.14. "’Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; This day have I paid my vows.", 7.15. "Therefore came I forth to meet thee, To seek thy face, and I have found thee.", 7.16. "I have decked my couch with coverlets, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.", 7.17. "I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.", 7.18. "Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.", 7.19. "For my husband is not at home, He is gone a long journey;", 7.20. "He hath taken the bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.’", 7.21. "With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.", 7.22. "He goeth after her straightway, As an ox that goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;", 7.23. "Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteneth to the snare— And knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.", 24.30. "I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;", 24.31. "And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.", 24.32. "Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction.", 24.33. "’Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep’—", 24.34. "So shall thy poverty come as a runner, And thy want as an armed man.", 30.5. "Every word of God is tried; He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.", 30.6. "Add thou not unto His words, Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.", 30.7. "Two things have I asked of Thee; Deny me them not before I die:", 30.8. "Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;", 30.9. "Lest I be full, and deny, and say: ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or lest I be poor, and steal, And profane the name of my God.", 30.10. "Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.", 30.11. "There is a generation that curse their father, And do not bless their mother.", 30.12. "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.", 30.13. "There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.", 30.14. "There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.", 30.15. "The horseleech hath two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea, four that say not: ‘Enough’:", 30.16. "The grave; and the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not: ‘Enough.’", 30.18. "There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not:", 30.19. "The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a young woman.", 30.21. "For three things the earth doth quake, And for four it cannot endure:", 30.22. "For a servant when he reigneth; And a churl when he is filled with food;", 30.23. "For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.", 30.24. "There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise:", 30.25. "The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;", 30.26. "The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the crags;", 30.27. "The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands;", 30.28. "The spider thou canst take with the hands, Yet is she in kings’palaces.", 30.29. "There are three things which are stately in their march, Yea, four which are stately in going:", 30.30. "The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;", 30.31. "The greyhound; the he-goat also; And the king, against whom there is no rising up.",
6. Hebrew Bible, Amos, 2, 1 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Damm (2018) 48
7. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 25.7-25.11, 26.5-26.9, 26.28-26.29, 39.3, 50.25-50.26 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures (literary) Found in books: Damm (2018) 49
25.7. With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart,and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue:a man rejoicing in his children;a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes; 25.8. happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife,and he who has not made a slip with his tongue,and he who has not served a man inferior to himself; 25.9. happy is he who has gained good sense,and he who speaks to attentive listeners. 25.11. The fear of the Lord surpasses everything;to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast? 26.5. of three things my heart is afraid,and of a fourth I am frightened:The slander of a city, the gathering of a mob,and false accusation -- all these are worse than death. 26.6. There is grief of heart and sorrow when a wife is envious of a rival, and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all. 26.7. An evil wife is an ox yoke which chafes;taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion. 26.8. There is great anger when a wife is drunken;she will not hide her shame. 26.9. A wifes harlotry shows in her lustful eyes,and she is known by her eyelids. 26.28. At two things my heart is grieved,and because of a third anger comes over me:a warrior in want through poverty,and intelligent men who are treated contemptuously;a man who turns back from righteousness to sin -- the Lord will prepare him for the sword! 39.3. he will seek out the hidden meanings of proverbs and be at home with the obscurities of parables. 39.3. the teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions and vipers,and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction; 50.26. Those who live on Mount Seir, and the Philistines,and the foolish people that dwell in Shechem.
8. Anon., Life of Andrew The Fool, None  Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Klein and Wienand (2022) 276