ဣဇာက်သည်
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
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,...
ယာကုပ်
Jacob is told twice that his name will now be Israel. The first time is when he wrestles with an angel on his journey to...
ခါနာန်
Canaan signifies a worship in things external without internals, which arose out of the internal church corrupted, called Ham. Thus it is that Ham is...
သမီး
"Behold I have two daughters,” etc. (Gen. 19:8), signifies the affections of good and truth, and the blessedness perceivable from the enjoyment thereof, by those...
ဗေသွေလ
Bethuel (Gen. 24), signifies the origin of the affection of good.
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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...
လာဗန်
'Laban' signifies the affection of good in the natural self, or the affection of external good, and properly collateral good of a common stock. The...
လာဗန်၏
'Laban' signifies the affection of good in the natural self, or the affection of external good, and properly collateral good of a common stock. The...
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...
အိမ်ထောင်
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ဧသော
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
ဧသော၏
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
သော
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
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....
လွှ
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...
ကောင်းကြီးပေး
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
နားထောင်
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
သမီးတို့
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
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...
ဣရှမေလ
'Ishmael' represents the first rationality pertaining to the Lord. 'Ishmael' signifies rationality separate from good. 'Ishmael' signifies the Lord's merely human rational. Ishmael, in Genesis...
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...
နဗာယုတ်
'Nebaioth,' as in Genesis 28, denotes good of the spiritual church.
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...
ဘက်
'Side' signifies good or spiritual love.
ခါရန်
'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 11:28, signifies inward idolatrous worship. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis...
ရန်
'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 11:28, signifies inward idolatrous worship. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis...
ခေါင်းအုံး
In Genesis 28:11, the things which are under the back of the head or neck, that is 'pillows,' or supports, signify communication of inmost or...
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...
ကောင်းကင်
Heavens are celestial and spiritual things. Consequently, they are inmost things, both of the Lord's kingdom in heaven the and in the earth. This also...
ဘုရားသခ
When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is...
ကောင်းကင်တမန်
'A messenger' signifies communication.
တမန်
'A messenger' signifies communication.
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...
ဣဇာက်၏
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
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...
မင်္ဂလာ
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
ခဲ
"Leading" people in the Bible is, in the inner meaning, about leading people in spiritual things, not natural ones. When it talks about the Lord...
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...
အိပ်
In a general sense, sleeping in the Bible represents a state of obscurity about spiritual matters, a state in which you are not recognizing things...
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...
လေ
"Air" in the Bible represents thought, but in a very general way – more like our capacity to perceive ideas and the way we tend...
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...
ဆီ
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
ဗေသလ
When Jacob had his famous dream, of a staircase leading to heaven, he named the place "Bethel," which is Hebrew for "the house of God."...
မြို့
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
လမ်း
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
အစာ
Just as natural food feeds the natural body, so spiritual food feeds the spiritual body. And since our spiritual body is the expression of what...
အဝတ်
Soft raiment,' as in Matthew 11:9, represents the internal sense of the Word.
ပြန်.
Everyone knows the phrase "the natural order of things." It means that everything is in its proper place, occupying the niche it is meant to...
ခ
To fare sumptuously every day, as in Luke 16:19, 20, signifies the satisfaction and delight which the Jewish people had in reading and possessing the...
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