filles
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
Fils
'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
Dieu
Le Seigneur est l'amour lui-même, exprimé sous la forme de la sagesse elle-même. L'amour, donc, est Son essence, Son plus profond. La sagesse - la...
Les filles
A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent....
femmes
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
l'eternel
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...
dit
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...
chair
Flesh has several meanings just in its most obvious form. It can mean all living creatures as when the Lord talks about the flood "destroying...
cent
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
vingt
'Twenty,' when referring to a quantity, signifies everything, or fullness, because it is ten twice. In Genesis 18:31, 'twenty', like all numbers occurring in the...
géants
Giants, as in Genesis 6:4, signify those who, through a persuasion of their own height and pre-eminence view whatever is holy and true as nothing.
Terre
Dans la Bible, le terme "Terre" peut désigner une personne ou un groupe de personnes partageant les mêmes idées, comme dans une église. Mais elle...
après
Selon Swedenborg, le temps et l'espace n'existent pas dans la réalité spirituelle ; ce sont des choses purement naturelles qui n'existent que sur le plan...
Enfants
A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent....
la méchanceté
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
grande
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...
pensées
There are thoughts from perception, from conscience, and from a lack of conscience. Thoughts from perception are only possible in the celestial, that is, people...
jour
"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...
mal
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
oiseaux
Fowl signify spiritual truth; a bird, natural truth; and a winged thing, sensual truth. Fowl signify intellectual things. Fowl signify thoughts, and all that creeps...
ciel
Dans la Bible, "l'air" représente la pensée, mais d'une manière très générale - plus comme notre capacité à percevoir des idées et la façon dont...
Noé
'Noah,' as in Genesis 5:29, signifies the ancient church, or the parent of the three churches after the flood.
yeux
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...
homme
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
Juste
He is said to be 'just' in a spiritual sense, who lives according to divine laws. They on the right hand being called 'just,' as...
marchait
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...
engendra
Le fait d'engendrer ou d'être engendré a une signification très proche de celle de la naissance : Elle représente un état spirituel menant à l'état...
Trois
The Writings talk about many aspects of life using the philosophical terms "end," "cause" and "effect." The "end" is someone’s goal or purpose, the ultimate...
Sem
'Shem,' as in Genesis 10:21, signifies the ancient church in general.
Japhet
Japhet' signifies the people who constitute the external church and correspond to the internal.
Rempli
There are two ways something can be filled: It can be filled with something bad against the wishes of its owner, or it can be...
bois
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
cents
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
Longueur
'Long' and thence to prolong, refer to good.
cinquante
God rested on the seventh day of creation. That represents a state of holiness and tranquility that was preserved in the form of the sabbath....
trente
'Thirty' has a twofold significance because it is is the product of five and six, and also three and ten. From five multiplied by six,...
Porte
In a general sense, doors in the Bible represent the initial desires for good and concepts of truth that introduce people to new levels of...
côté
'Side' signifies good or spiritual love.
troisième
'Three' denotes fullness, and 'a third,' not full.
venir
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
eaux
'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...
Souffle
'Breath' is the life of the body corresponding to spiritual things, just like the motion of the heart is the life of the body corresponding...
sous
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...
le ciel
Dans la Bible, "l'air" représente la pensée, mais d'une manière très générale - plus comme notre capacité à percevoir des idées et la façon dont...
entreras
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
femme
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
les femmes
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
entrer
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
deux
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...
femelle
Female signifies good.
des oiseaux
Fowl signify spiritual truth; a bird, natural truth; and a winged thing, sensual truth. Fowl signify intellectual things. Fowl signify thoughts, and all that creeps...
mange
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
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