In classic Rabbinic literature, the Divine Voice of God is often personified. Called Bat Kol [literally, a daughter of a voice, that is, the small voice], this metonym1 was used as a substitute for God’s name. In the Babylonian Talmud, Pesahim 94a and Bavli Hagigah 13a (and repeated in the Yalkut Shim‘oni on Isaiah) has the Bat Kol addressing the king of Babylon:
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
Keywords: Metonym for God, Metonym, Personification, Bat Kol, Bath Kol, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Divine Voice, Voice of God, Still small voice
Bible reference(s): Isaiah 14:12-14, Daniel 4:31
Source: Philip P. Kapusta.
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