Homonyms in Hebrew

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“The thing we want to demonstrate about these things is that the Divine Scriptures make use of homonyms; that is to say, they use identical terms for describing different things. And they even go so far as to call the members of the outer man by same names as the parts and dispositions of the inner man; and not only are the same terms employed, but the things themselves are compared with one another.”

I have read the above passages many times.

Does it mean: the same Hebrew word is used for different realities?

An example: “kol” for thunder and for voice.

Also, does this happen with words such as cloud, mountain, and heart.

If that is correct, I could benefit from more examples.

I want to thank you in advance.

I know little Hebrew, sorry.
 
A homonym is one of a group of words that share the same spelling or pronunciation (or both) but have different meanings.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homonym

Synonyms are different words or phrases in the same language that have a similar meaning.

kidport.com/grade3/LanguageArts/Synonyms.htm

Synonyms of the New Testament by R.C. Trench

Synonyms of the Old Testament: Books: Robert B. Girdlestone

A Treasury of New Testament Synonyms Stewart Custer
 
yad means forearm or hand, but it can also mean strength.

lev is the physical organ, the heart, but also the inner-self, the seat of feelings and emotions (same as in English – taking something to heart, sick at heart, those idioms might come from the Hebrew).

*lev *can also mean courage, determination.

ruahh is breath, but also spirit, mind, wind, direction (4 winds = 4 compass points)

Was that the kind of thing you were looking for?
 
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Yes, I am looking for that kind of information, thanks!
 
I am looking for words such as eyes, ears, and face.

Are these same words used of God and humans?

Are these same words used for the interior persons and the physical person?

THANKS!
 
Eye is 'ayin, which also means a **spring or fountain **of water. The same word is used for God and humans

'ozen is **ear **-- of God, of humans, of animals. It can also mean understanding, so that in 1 Sam 9:14, gala 'ozen, uncover ear means reveal.

The same letters that make up ear, but with different vowel marks (’-z-n) make the verb** listen, listen to; weigh, consider carefully**.

The word for face is paniym. It also means front or** surface**. So in Genesis, the breath on the surface of the water is in fact on the face of the water. The face can also respresent the self, so when someone is brought before God (or before a human), or into God’s presence, they are brought before the face of God (or a person). So face ends up meaning Presence in some cases, as in Numbers 4:7, the table of the bread of the Presence.

With different prepositions attached, paniym can mean before, on account of, away from, in sight of, opposite to, against.
 
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