Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"
Theophory in the Bible Apart from oblique references to Hadad by means of the word "ba'al", some theophory references him directly: Theophory in the Bible Theophory refers to the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name. Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophory involves names referring to: The following is an alphabetical list of names referring to El and their meanings in Hebrew: The name "Abel", which appears to refer to El, in fact is not an instance of theophory. "Abel" can be translated as "breath",