Explain to students that a symbol brings to mind an idea. Over the years, a symbol tends to take on a meaning related to its history, function or appearance. For example, Bartholdi, the designer of the Statue of Liberty, knew that for most people chains represent tyranny; likewise, a broken chain symbolizes freedom.
The Hebrew word for cistern is bor, which occurs sixty-six times, and is variously translated âcisternâ, âdungeonâ, âpitâ and Ancient well excavated at Tell es-Seba, ancient Beer-sheba. En-rogel A place called En-rogel is mentioned four times in the Bible.
Cisterna chyli. The cisterna chyli (or cysterna chyli, and etymologically more correct, receptaculum chyli) is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flow. It receives fatty chyle from the intestines and thus acts as a conduit for the lipid products of digestion.