The vast majority of usages are metaph., with the heart viewed as the very center of human life. Thus, e.g., God emphasizes the inescapable and personal reality of divine punishment by saying that it reaches as deeply as the heart (Jer 4:18). In a number of instances emotions are in view, such as merriment (Judg 16:25), pleasure (18:20), spiritual joy (1 Sam 2:1), tranquillity (Prov 14:30), anger (Deut 19:6), sadness (Isa 61:1), discouragement (Ps 61:2 [60:3]), etc. (A distinct fig. usage, not previously