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### Description
Synecdoche is when a speaker uses a part of something to refer to the whole or uses the whole to refer to a part.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a speaker uses a part of something to refer to the whole thing, or uses the whole to refer to a part.
> <u>My soul</u> exalts the Lord. (Luke 1:46 ULT)
Mary was was very happy about what the Lord was doing, so she said “my soul,” which means the inner, emotional part of herself, to refer to her whole self.
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#### Reasons this is a translation issue
* Some readers may understand the words literally.
* Some readers may not recognize the synecdoche and thus misunderstand the words as a literal statement.
* Some readers may realize that they are not to understand the words literally, but they may not know what the meaning is.
### Example from the Bible