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7 results for "figures"
1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 20.5-20.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 249
20.5. "וְדִבְּרוּ הַשֹּׁטְרִים אֶל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה בַיִת־חָדָשׁ וְלֹא חֲנָכוֹ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יַחְנְכֶנּוּ׃", 20.6. "וּמִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־נָטַע כֶּרֶם וְלֹא חִלְּלוֹ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יְחַלְּלֶנּוּ׃", 20.7. "וּמִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַשׂ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא לְקָחָהּ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יִקָּחֶנָּה׃", 20.5. "And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: ‘What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.", 20.6. "And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof.", 20.7. "And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.’",
2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 9.20, 49.17-49.18 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 200, 249
49.17. "יְהִי־דָן נָחָשׁ עֲלֵי־דֶרֶךְ שְׁפִיפֹן עֲלֵי־אֹרַח הַנֹּשֵׁךְ עִקְּבֵי־סוּס וַיִּפֹּל רֹכְבוֹ אָחוֹר׃", 49.18. "לִישׁוּעָתְךָ קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה׃", 9.20. "And Noah, the man of the land, began and planted a vineyard.", 49.17. "Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.", 49.18. "I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.",
3. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragments, None (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 249
4. Philo of Alexandria, Allegorical Interpretation, 2.10 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 249
5. Philo of Alexandria, That The Worse Attacks The Better, 302 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 249
6. Stobaeus, Anthology, 3.19.4 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 200
7. Heraclitus Lesbius, Fragments, None  Tagged with subjects: •figures of speech, oxymoron Found in books: Geljon and Runia (2013) 249