بارك
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
موسى
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
رجل
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
الله
When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is...
قبل
In most cases, the meaning of "before" is pretty straightforward, both as a way of assessing relative time, and in its use meaning "in someone's...
الرب
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
سعير
'Seir,' as in Genesis 33:14, signifies the conjunction of spiritual and celestial things in the natural level, that is, the truth of faith with the...
جبل
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
فاران
'Paran' or 'Elparan' signifies a state of illumination from the Lord’s divine human.
يعقوب
Jacob is told twice that his name will now be Israel. The first time is when he wrestles with an angel on his journey to...
رؤساء
The head is the part of us that is highest, which means in a representative sense that it is what is closest to the Lord....
يهوذا
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.
قال
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
رب
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
صوت
'Voice' signifies what is announced from the Word. 'Voice' often refers and is applied to things that cannot have a voice, as in Exodus 4,...
ماء
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
مريبة
'Meribah' signifies things pertaining to the spiritual church.
يعرف
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
النهار
"Day" describes a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, and are receiving light (which is truth) and heat (which is a desire...
تحت
In the Bible, things that are lower down, or under, physically, generally represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases, the...
يوسف
Joseph, Jacob’s eleventh son, is one of the favorite characters in the Bible, with his troubles, his triumphs over them, and his constant trust in...
بكر
When the Bible talks about generations or birth order, the internal meaning has to do with the progression of spiritual states and their relative importance....
افرايم
Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt and was, along with his older brother Manasseh, elevated by Jacob to the same status...
زبولون
Zebulon's name comes from a Hebrew root word meaning habitation, or "dwelling together". In Genesis 30:19, 22 and Genesis 49:13, 'Zebulon' signifies the way that...
يساكر
Issachar,' in the highest sense, signifies the divine good of truth, and truth of good. In a spiritual sense, he signifies celestial conjugial love, which...
البحار
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
جاد
Gad, in a supreme sense, signifies omnipotence; in a spiritual sense, the good of life, or use; and in a natural sense, works. Gad, in...
مبارك
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
حق
'Justice' signifies both good and truth.
دان
The tribe of Dan (Jer. 8:16) signifies truth in its own ultimate degree of order, here truth in the church, which is contained in the...
نفتالي
'Naphtali' in a supreme sense, signifies the proper power of the Lord’s divine human. In a spiritual sense, he signifies temptation and victory and a...
حديد
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
يركب
'To ride' signifies being elevated regarding the intellectual part of the mind. To ride upon a cherub,' as in Psalm 18:9, 10, denotes the Lord’s...
العدو
An enemy in the Bible refers to people who are in the love of evil and the false thinking that springs from evil. On a...
عين
It’s common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes...
ندى
Dew, in Deut. 32:2 signifies the multiplication of truth from good, and the fructification of good by truth.
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