...Fair enough, here too, but this is a non-literal use which is a bit different.
It seems like you are pretending that the English word *heart* only refers to the blood-pumping organ. It also means the center of a thing (as in "the heart of the sea") ...
I accept that this usage is an overlap. I don't think it's a common English usage, perhaps it is derived from the biblical idiom.
Really?
"heart of the matter" is rather common around here in sunny Syracuse, New York..
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Yes, and English "heart" does not refer to the mind, the will, moral character, conscience, or appetites, all of which are senses of Hebrew LEB according to BDB.
What???
"I'm going to try with all my heart." (will) ...
"Follow your heart." (mind) ...
... (Song from "Those D-- Yankees") "Oh, you gotta have heart..." (moral character) ...
(line from "Law and Order" popular TV program) "What kind of black heart does a crime like this?" (conscience) ...
"My heart yearns for your embrace." (appetite)
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What makes you think that "vehasiru `orlot lebabkem" made any more literal sense to the ancient Hebrew mind than "remove the foreskins of your heart" does to modern English speakers? If you ask me, "fixing" the figure of speech (explaining it) for a modern target language is akin to taking it right out of Jeremiah's mouth, right out of the Bible. I would think such a translation procedure would be at odds with the deeply spiritual motivation that drives most people to the weighty task of translating the Bible.
... I admit to feeling strongly about this because of my faith about in the Word of God, but I can tell you also that I think the same is the case for *all* good translating of any document.
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