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Podcast: The Biblical Languages Podcast (brought to you by Biblingo)
Episode: Metaphors in Biblical Hebrew: Deuteronomy 6:5 and the Meaning of ΧΦ΅ΧΦΈΧ ("Heart"?)
Description: Deuteronomy 6:5 is typically translated, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength." But what does it really mean to love the Lord with your "heart"?
The word translated "heart" here is ΧΦ΅ΧΦΈΧ, which is a word that does, in fact, refer to the organ that we call "heart". Here, the word is obviously being used metaphorically, just like we use "heart" metaphorically in English. But the key question is whether ΧΦ΅ΧΦΈΧ and "heart" are used metaphorically *in the same way*.
In this video, Dr. Kevin Gras...