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# anthropomorphism

«anthropomorphism» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Talking about God or other things as if they had a human…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anthropomorphism/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Jewish thinkers like Maimonides taught that the Torah's pictures of God's hands or anger are only ways of speaking, since God has no body.

### examples

- The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anthropomorphism/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anthropomorphism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/anthropomorphism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.