figure (of speech)

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• NASH 1968 79

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• LYONS 1971 13

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• HARTMANN & STORK 1972 84

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• ERC 267-271 (also "figuration")

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• BEEKMAN & CALLOW 1974 124f.

  BEEKMAN, John & CALLOW, John. (1974) Translating the Word of God. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 

• ELL 1221f.

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