israele
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...
Egitto
In the Bible, Egypt means knowledge and the love of knowledge. In a good sense that means knowledge of truth from the Lord through the...
figliuolo
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....
chiamato
To call someone or summon someone in the Bible represents a desire for conjunction between higher and lower states of life. For instance, imagine someone...
baali
Baalim and her lovers (Hosea 2:13) signify those things which belong to the natural man, and are loved; such as the lusts and falsities thence...
immagini
'An image' signifies falsities from self-derived intelligence.
efraim
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...
camminare
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...
braccia
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
corde
Rope or cord denotes conjunction.
mangiare
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...
re
The human mind is composed of two parts, a will and an understanding, a seat of loves and affections, and a seat of wisdom and...
spada
A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and...
città
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
alto
'Height' signifies what is inward, and also heaven.
cuore
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
ira
'Wrath,' as in Genesis 49:7, signifies aversion from truth. 'Great wrath,' as in Revelation 12:12, signifies hatred against the new church.
uomo
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
l’eterno
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...
Leone
'A lion' signifies the good of celestial love and the truth from that good.
figliuoli
'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...
uccelli
Per "uccelli" si intendono concetti razionali nell'uomo esterno e concetti intellettuali nell'uomo interno.
colombe
'A turtle dove' and 'young pigeon,' as in Genesis 15:9, represents exterior and interior spiritual things.
abitare
Many people were nomadic in Biblical times, especially the times of the Old Testament, and lived in tents that could be struck, moved and re-raised...
case
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
dice
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...
casa
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
d’israele
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...
Giuda
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.
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