This article explores body and illness metaphors in the Psalms and Job. Specifically, it focuses on the various terms pertaining to the “innards” or “internal organs” of the human body. Although myriad terms for internal organs exist, the terms קֶרֶב and מֵעֶה are the particular focus of this article. Interestingly, a link between discourse and digestion emerges in the metaphors from both Job and the Psalms. However, in Job a language for pain emerges which is disturbing and anthropomorphic, regularly depicting an attacking deity. In contrast, in the examples from the Psalms, tend to make a clearer distinction between the righteous and the wicked. In both cases, however, the body and metaphors connected to it are tightly bound up with what is social. The body is portrayed as an ever-interpreted entity and the actions and reactions of the community are all-important.

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诗篇和约伯记中的“内脏”作为疾病的隐喻

本文探讨了《诗篇》和《约伯记》中的身体和疾病隐喻。具体来说，它侧重于与人体“内脏”或“内部器官”有关的各种术语。尽管存在无数关于内脏器官的术语，但这些术语阿拉伯语和מֵעֶה是本文的重点。有趣的是，话语和消化之间的联系出现在约伯记和诗篇的隐喻中。然而，在约伯记中出现了一种令人不安和拟人化的痛苦语言，经常描绘一个攻击神灵。相比之下，在诗篇中的例子中，倾向于在义人和恶人之间做出更清晰的区分。然而，在这两种情况下，身体和与之相关的隐喻都与社会紧密相关。身体被描绘成一个不断被解释的实体，社区的行动和反应至关重要。