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trace [out] thy heart

English translation: delineate/define

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English term or phrase:trace out
Selected answer:delineate/define
Entered by: Ana Juliá

08:10 May 4, 2021
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / Christian meditation
English term or phrase: trace [out] thy heart
Now, following the arousal of your memory, judgment, and affections, apply your meditations to yourself to arouse your soul to duty and comfort and to restrain your soul from sin.56 As William Fenner (1600–1640) wrote, “Dive into thy own soul; anticipate and prevent thy own heart. Haunt thy heart with promises, threatenings, mercies, judgments, and commandments. Let meditation ***trace [out] thy heart***.”
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 17:00
(Let meditation) delineate or define your heart
Explanation:
I think this is one of the usual meanings of "trace out"

The paragraph is basically saying that the heart has to be tamed, and to do this its outlines must be sketched out or defined first. Know your heart.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trace out#:~:text=v.-,1...


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link not pasting properly but I think it works

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:00
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +1Practicing meditation regularly will enable you to identify the sinful inclinations of your heart.
Robert Forstag
4 +1(Let meditation) delineate or define your heart
Yvonne Gallagher
3 +1Let meditation make you face your own real self so show you what your heart is really made of.
Ali Emrah Candan
3Let the fruits and benefits of meditation sink into your heart
AllegroTrans
1Let meditation tame the raw nature of your heart
Orkoyen (X)


  

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Let the fruits and benefits of meditation sink into your heart


Explanation:
Myinterpretation

AllegroTrans
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Let meditation make you face your own real self so show you what your heart is really made of.


Explanation:
My interpretation

Ali Emrah Candan
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agree  Orkoyen (X)
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Let meditation tame the raw nature of your heart


Explanation:
How the wording speaks to me.

Orkoyen (X)
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Let meditation trace [out] thy heart.
Practicing meditation regularly will enable you to identify the sinful inclinations of your heart.


Explanation:
As I read this, and in keeping with the author's classical Christian theology, the heart is mainly seen here as being the seat of potential sin and waywardness. The Christian's practice of meditation will reveal the concrete manifestations of this tendency (and thus, it is implied, allow the believer to avoid the commission of sin).

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 11:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Orkoyen (X): Your take is to the point. I can’t but think of Deuteronomy 10:16, “Circumcise your hearts”.
9 mins
  -> Thank you, Orkoyen.
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I don't agree with "Practicing meditation regularly" . This is not about the practice of meditation but rather thinking deeply and defining the heart: "apply your meditations (PLURAL) to yourself"
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(Let meditation) delineate or define your heart


Explanation:
I think this is one of the usual meanings of "trace out"

The paragraph is basically saying that the heart has to be tamed, and to do this its outlines must be sketched out or defined first. Know your heart.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trace out#:~:text=v.-,1...


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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-05-04 11:16:35 GMT)
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trace out#:~:text=v.-,1...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-05-04 11:17:01 GMT)
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link not pasting properly but I think it works

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Note added at 10 days (2021-05-14 12:23:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Orkoyen (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you! meditation is not yoga here but rather about thinking deeply and looking inwards: "following the arousal of your memory, judgment, and affections, apply your meditations to yourself.." NB it's plural meditations =thoughts
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