THE ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN THE HOLY BIBLE: HEBREW

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1 THE ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN THE HOLY BIBLE: HEBREW A THESIS BY: FAJAR EBENEZER PERANGIN-ANGIN UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT MEDAN 2008

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. First of all, the writer gives praise, honor and glory to his Lord, Jesus Christ who has given him His blessing and loves through his life and strengthen him when he had a hard time in life especially during the completion this thesis. The writer would like to thank to his supervisor and co-supervisor, Drs. Matius C.A Sembiring, M.A and Dra. Persadanta Br. Karo, M.Hum. Thank you for their supervision and guidance in accomplishing this thesis. The writer would also like to thank the dean of Faculty of letters, Drs. Syaifuddin, M.A Ph.D, the Head of English Department, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum, the Secretary of English Department, Drs. Yulianus Harefa, M.Ed TESSOL who had given him all the facilities and opportunities in completing this thesis. The writer is also indebted to all lecturers of the English Department for giving him great contribution of knowledge. He is grateful to his beloved parents; C. Perangin-Angin and R.C Br Tarigan for their everlasting love and prayer, to whom this thesis is dedicated, thank also goes to his beloved brothers and sister, K Siska, B andi and my younger brother Ace for their support, encouragement and sharing throughout this years. Then the writer would like to express his genuine gratitude to his lovely Cherie Elisabeth Montessory for her love, support, patience toward the writer. Very special thanks to best friend in Penyembah Batu, Herbet, Ando and Venan. Thanks guys for the years of joyfulness, great adventure and great collaboration. Also to sobat, gusti,

3 Eva, ii, Gladys, Cito, Angga, and Patar. I ll never forget to the sweet memory we ever had. Also to all friends in 04 for being my friends forever. May God Bless them all, Amen. the writer Medan, June 2008 Fajar Ebenezer Perangin-Angin

4 ABSTRACT Skripsi yang berjudul The Analysis of Figurative Expressions in the Holy Bible: Hebrew adalah suatu kajian yang menganalisis makna penutur yakni makna non-literal yang terdapat dalam kalimat dan ungkapan dalam Alkitab khususny yang terdapat dalam surat Rasul Paulus kepada jemaat di Ibrani (ditulis dengan judul Ibrani). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui jenis-jenis kalimat yang mengandung makna non-literal dalam Ibrani dan mendeskripsikan makna yang sesungguhnya dari kalimat-kalimat non-literal tersebut, serta untuk mengetahui jenis makna non-literal apa yang paling banyak terdapat dalam kitab Ibrani. Dalam menulis skripsi ini penulis menerapkan metode kepustakaan sebagai metode yang dipakai dalam analisis ini. Adapun jenis makna yang dianalisis adalah kalimat dan ungkapan yang mengandung metafora, hyperbola, personifikasi, simile, metonimia, ironi, dan sinekdot. Setiap data akan dianalisis sesuai dengan langkah-langkah analisis dan pada akhirnya akan ditarik suatu kesimpulan akhir yaitu bahwa jenis kalimat figurative yang paling banyak terdapat di Ibrani adalah jenis metafora, yakni sebanyak 20 kasus atau 40,8 %, kemudian hiperbola dengan 9 kasus atau 18,36%, ironi dengan 7 kasus atau 14,3%, simile dengan 5 kasus atu sama dengan 10,2 dan personifikasi dengan jumlah kasus yang sama dan terakhir adalah sinekdot dengan 3 kasus atau sama dengan 6,1%.

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... i ABSTRACT... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS... iv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION Background of the Analysis The Problem of the Analysis The Objective of the Analysis Scope of Analysis Significance of Analysis Review of Related Literature... 6 CHAPTER II: THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK Semantics Theory Scope of Semantics Sameness and difference of Meaning The Varieties of Meaning Sense and Reference Goals of Semantics Theory Figurative Expressions Definition of Figurative Expressions Kinds of Figurative Expressions Simile Metaphor... 28

6 Hyperbole Personification Irony Metonymy Synecdoche CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD Research Design Data Collecting Method Data Analyzing Method CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS Data Findings Analysis Findings CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS Conclusions Suggestions BIBLIOGRAPHY