约拿
'Jonah' represents the Jewish nation.
耶和华
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...
说过
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...
知道
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
怜悯
In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward those who are in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to...
好
It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it’s true! The case is this: The...
坐
If you think about sitting, it seems fair to say that where you're sitting is more important than that you're sitting. Sitting in a movie...
看
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...
神
The Lord is love itself, expressed in the form of wisdom itself. Love, then, is His essence, His inmost. Wisdom - the loving understanding of...
阴影
'The shadow is good' of the oak, poplar and elm means complacence.
头
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....
大
The word "great" is used in the Bible to represent a state with a strong degree of love and affection, of the desire for good;...
虫
'A worm' denotes falsity of evil in the good derived from the proprium or selfhood. 'That dies not,' denotes infernal torment related to falsity. 'Worm'...
风
Because a nearer and stronger divine influx through the heavens disperses truths among the wicked, 'wind' signifies this dispersion of truth and the resulting conjunction...
死
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
二
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
许多
Intellectual things – ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding – are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it’s easier to imagine numbering...
