ဘုရား
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...
မောဘ
'Moab,' in a positive sense, signifies people who are in natural good, and allow themselves to be easily seduced, but in an opposite sense, it...
ဧဒုံ
'Edom' or 'Idumea,' as in Isaiah 34:5, signifies those who are in evil and in falsities thence derived.
ဒုံ
'Edom' or 'Idumea,' as in Isaiah 34:5, signifies those who are in evil and in falsities thence derived.
အရိုး
Bones are strong and supportive, providing a framework for our bodies and making motion and action possible. They are also the least "alive" part of...
သုံး
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...
လေး
The number "four" in the Bible represents things being linked together or joined. This is partly because four is two times two, and two represents...
မီး
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
ဘုံဗိမာန်
'A palace,' as in Psalm 144:12, represents the understanding in which truths have a beautiful form. They have a beautiful form when they are from...
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Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
အသံ
'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,...
အသံဗလံ
'A tumult,' as in Isaiah 8:4, signifies eager desire to combat against truths.
တံပိုး
The sounds of trumpets are heard in heaven when assemblies and appointments happen. So among the children of Israel, for whom everything was representative of...
တရားသူကြီး
It’s easy to see the connection between judging and truth. In a court of law, the judge’s whole purpose is to find the truth. In...
ကွပ်မျက်
'To slay a man to his wounding,' means extinguishing faith, and 'to slay a young man to his hurt,' signifies extinguishing charity, as in Genesis...
ယုဒ
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.
ယုဒပြည်
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.
ယေရုရှလင်မြို့
Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. Jerusalem first comes to our attention in...
ဖြောင့်မတ်
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...
ငွေ
'Money' relates to truth.
ဆင်းရဲသော
In most cases, those described as "needy" in the Bible are those who lack true knowledge of the Lord and his teachings, but have a...
ခြေနင်း
In the Word, 'the sole of the foot' and 'the heel' signifies the ultimate natural. 'The shoe' is what clothes the sole of the foot...
မြေ
Land' in the Word, denotes the church, for the things which signify the church also signify the things relating to the church, for these constitute...
ပေါင်း
To 'take the sum of the sons of Israel,' as in Exodus 30:12, signifies the whole church.
အဝတ်
Soft raiment,' as in Matthew 11:9, represents the internal sense of the Word.
ယဇ်ပလ္လင်
The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
အိမ်
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
ရှေ့မှာ
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...
အသီး
We tend to think of "fruit" in two ways in natural language. One is as food that grows on trees and vines, sweet and delicious,...
အမြစ်
'A root,' as in Malachi 4:1, signifies charity. The dried up root,' as in Hosea 9:16, 17, signifies charity which could not bear fruit.
ပြည်
Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king...
လေးဆယ်
'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means what is complete, as does 'ten.' Forty is the product of four and ten. Compound numbers have a meaning...
သား
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....
နာဇရိလူ
'A Nazarite' represents the celestial self.
က
To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative,...
ပရောဖက်ပြု
The idea of a "prophet" is very closely tied to the idea of the Bible itself, since the Bible was largely written by prophets. At...
ဟော
The idea of a "prophet" is very closely tied to the idea of the Bible itself, since the Bible was largely written by prophets. At...
ဖိ
These verbs in the Bible indicate a conflict between two spiritual states, and the effort it takes to attain the higher state. It's easy to...
ခွန်အား
'Might' denotes the forces or power of truth.
အားကြီးသော
Mighty,' as in Revelation 19:18, signify people who are educated about doctrine derived from the Word. By extension, 'mighty' signifies education or learning derived from...
ရပ်
'To stand,' and 'come forth' as in Daniel 7:10, refers to truth. In Genesis 24:13, it signifies a state of conjunction of divine truth with...
ခြေ
The foot, as in Deuteronomy 33:3, signifies an inferior principle. To set the right foot on the sea and the left on the earth, as...
မြင်း
'A horse' signifies knowledges or understanding of the Word. In an opposite sense it signifies the understanding of the Word falsified by reasonings, and likewise...
နေ့
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...