In Gbaya, the notion of ships on the water in Psalm 104:26 is emphasized with the ideophone serere-serere that refers to floating on water, like a canoe.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of the silky and soft nature of the rich plumage in Ezekiel 17:3 is emphasized with ulɛ-ulɛ, an ideophone that refers to something silky and soft, such as wool, Westerners’ hair, or cotton.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of the color of “onyx” in Ezekiel 28:13 is emphasized with mít-mít, an ideophone used to describe something dark with a striking beauty like a precious stone.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of being taller than others in 1 Samuel 10:3 is emphasized with the ideophone pet-pet, which refers to something that is much higher or longer than normal.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of being lukewarm in Revelation 3:16 is emphasized with woloe, an ideophone that denotes lukewarm water.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of something burning up completely is emphasized in Ezekiel 23:47 with ɗiloŋ-ɗiloŋ, an ideophone that expresses total destruction, as in a fire.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of complete fullness is emphasized in the referenced verses with with gbol-gbol, an ideophone that describes a state of complete fullness or as of a container being filled to the brim.
Note that in Psalm 83:5 it refers to everyone being fully in unison.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
In Gbaya, the notion of staggering drunkenly is emphasized in Isaiah 28:7 with kɔɗɔŋ-kɔɗɔŋ, an ideophone that refers to a staggering gait like that of a drunkard.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)