အာဗြဟံသည်
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) was the ancestor of all the Children of Israel, through his son...
အာဗြဟံ
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) was the ancestor of all the Children of Israel, through his son...
တောင်
In the Word, 'the south' or 'midday' means a state of light, which is a state of intelligence produced by truths, thus also an interior...
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...
ခရီးသွား
'To journey' signifies the institutes and order of life.
ခရီး
'To journey' signifies the institutes and order of life.
ကာဒေရှ
'Kadesh' denotes truths, and contention about truths.
နေ
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...
မယား
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
စာရာ
'Sarah' denotes truth joined to good. Sarai was called 'Sarah' so she would represent the divine intellectual principle by adding the 'H' from the name...
နှမ
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...
အဘိမလက်
Abimelech, his companion Ahusath, and Phicol, the chief captain of his army (Genesis 26:26), represent the doctrinals of faith as grounded in the literal sense...
အဘိမလက်သည်
Abimelech, his companion Ahusath, and Phicol, the chief captain of his army (Genesis 26:26), represent the doctrinals of faith as grounded in the literal sense...
ည
The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...
အိပ်မက်
A dream, as in Genesis 20:3,signifies being somewhat obscure.
ဘုရားသခ
The Lord is called "Jehovah" in the Bible when the text is referring to his essence, which is love itself. He is called "God" when...
လာ
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
မိန်းမ
'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...
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...
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...
သိ.
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
ထိ
Imagine having your mother touch your cheek. Then imagine having your spouse or someone you love romantically touch your cheek. Then imagine having a baby...
သိ
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
ပေး
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
ပြန်.
There are many instances in the Bible which describe people turning back, looking back or going back. In most cases it is a negative, sometimes...
နံနက်
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
စောစော
Since the sun represents the Lord, the early morning and sunrise represent a state of enlightenment, with a new and clear understanding coming after a...
ထ
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
ကျွန်
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
ကိုခေါ်
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...
မြင်
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
သတ်
'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...
သမီး
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
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...
ပြ
'Shew' signifies instruction to the life.
သိုး
A flock, as in Genesis 26, denotes interior or rational good. A flock signifies those who are in spiritual good. A flock signifies natural interior...
နွား
'A herd,' as mentioned in Genesis 32:7, denotes exterior or natural good, and also not good things.
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...
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...
ငွေ
'Money' relates to truth.
တထောင်
As children, most of us at some point frustrated our mothers into using the phrase “if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand...
သူ
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
စ
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
ဘွား
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
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...
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